217 Quotes by Richard Russo

It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.

I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer.

Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.

Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.

There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original.

I was the one who did come through that door. You were the one she was waiting for.

Sleep is over-rated. Have you ever noticed how it's always recommended to people anybody with half a brain can see need to wake up?

Worse, I have to admit to feeling the jealousy of one crab for another that has managed to climb out of the barrel.

And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don’t take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again.