He'd discovered that his memories of that summer were like bad movie montages - young lovers tossing a Frisbee in the park, sharing a melting ice-cream cone, bicycling along the river, laughing, talking, kissing, a sappy score drowning out the dialogue because the screenwriter had no idea what these two people might say to each other.
Richard RussoA short story is something that I think can be intuited and envisioned and held in your mind almost at once.
Richard RussoI think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they are trying to deal with their own non-existence for the people who are supposed to care most for them.
Richard RussoIโve always known that thereโs more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesnโt regret that he isnโt more fully understood?
Richard Russo