Richard Russo
  • If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.

  • I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.

  • About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

  • Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.

  • At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.