"I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!"

“I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid.”

Source : "Richard Russo on Painting a Canvas With His Novels". HBO Interview, www.hbo.com.

“I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned.”

“I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“If you don't plan to live the Christian life totally committed to knowing your God and to walking in obedience to Him, then don't begin; for this is what Christianity is all about. It is a change of citizenship, a change of governments, a change of allegience. If you have no intention of letting Christ rule your life, then forget Christianity; it's not for you.”

Source : Kay Arthur (2004). “God, How Can I Live?”, Harvest House Pub

“There are no signposts in the sea.”

“I don't sit down to write a song, per se.”

Source : Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. February 04, 2010.

“Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best.”

“I never get involved with the ladies I work with.”