A short story is something that I think can be intuited and envisioned and held in your mind almost at once.
Richard RussoHBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.
Richard RussoPeople who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail.
Richard RussoWhich is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to tell us. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You are not the kind of man who.
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