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Richard Russo Quotes

Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes.

Richard Russo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 15, 1949

Topics

Time Book Impossible Understanding

When you ask most American parents why they want to have kids, it's to bring more joy into their lives. So, when you don't feel that all-encompassing joy, it must be that something is wrong with you. I think it's dissatisfaction that the expectation was different than the reality.

Jessica Valenti

Joy Parents Think Reality American

None of those jobs were high-profile, but once I was on ET, people then began to associate me with that show. So, that is the thing that many people know me for. When in effect, that was the end of my television career.

John Tesh

People Me End Career Television

The housing market has bottomed. It's not too late to get involved.

John Paulson

Late Housing Too Late Get Market

The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.

John Reid

New York Price New Washington Egypt

All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.

Tommy Lee Jones

Life Imagination Creative My Life

Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?

Roland Joffe

History Past Present Looks Something

I have a secret stash of Nutella that I pull out when necessary. That chocolate-hazelnut combo is my wife's kryptonite.

Michael Weatherly

Wife Secret Out Necessary Pull

I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British literature for its insistence on dealing with social class. It may have been an influence.

Per Petterson

Best Influence World Book American

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

Shemar Moore

Life Value Speak Face You Lesson

The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda.

Sepp Blatter

History Football Game Wealth Hidden

I don't surf the web very much.

Tyler Blackburn

Web Much Very Surf

I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out.

Lily James

Love Morning Night Start Mist Out