217 Quotes by Richard Russo

I can be glib and truthful all at once.

I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland.

I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me.

I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie.

I've never written nearly as much about place as people seem to think I do. I just write about class.

If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.

Knowing and knowing what to do about it were two different things.

...aware, as always, that the truth isn't much of substitute for a good answer.