If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.
Richard RussoIf my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with the relationship between rich and poor and with how the rich somehow or other always manage to betray the poor, even when they don't mean to.
Richard RussoWhen authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.
Richard RussoYou can't possibly judge your ability to control something until you've experienced the extremes of its capabilities. Do you understand?
Richard Russo