"I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long."

-- Richard Russo

#Sympathy Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“What I promise to my actors, and to my director, is to give them the salary and everything they need.”
“I was always on my oddy knocky.”
“Work harder than anybody you've ever seen. That's what I believe.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.”

Source : Jon Elster (1989). “The Cement of Society: A Survey of Social Order”, p.250, Cambridge University Press
“The fact is there are few more popular subjects than mathematics. Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune.”
“I Don't Think There's A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I'm Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain, Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You're Alive Is By How Much Pain You're Experiencing, Or How Little...”
“When you have power you don't have to tell the truth. That's a rule that's been working in this world for generations. And there are a great many people who don't tell the truth when they are in power in administrative positions.”
“From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.”

You may also like:

Ann Patchett
Author
Ed Harris
Actor
Elizabeth Strout
Author
Fred Schepisi
Film director
Jane Smiley
Novelist
Michael Chabon
Author
Paul Newman
Actor
Richard Ford
Novelist
Robert Benton
Screenwriter