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

-- Richard Russo

#Structure Quotes

“There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.”
“Even pain ***** to livelier living.”
“In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.”
“You're going to set us all on fire, you homicidal feral fruitcake.”
“I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.”
“If I never had any mental health issues, there's no doubt in my mind I'd still be playing,”
“I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word, love. But that's a good thing. In life, never be predictable. It's so uncool.”
“I have never been a child prodigy. When I think back to my childhood, I can not discern any sign of future success. My only real talent couldn't be found in any curriculum: whistling.”

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