“One of the nice things about our marriage, at least to my way of thinking, is that my wife and I no longer have to argue every thing through. We each know what the other will say, and so the saying becomes an unnecessary formality. No doubt some marriage counselor would explain to us that our problem is a failure to communicate, but to my way of thinking we've worked long and hard to achieve this silence, Lily's and mine, so fraught with mutual understanding.” ThinkingKnowsWayLongHardProblemUnderstandingSilenceDoubtNiceWifeAchieveMinesCommunicateMy WifeArguingMy WayNo DoubtMutualUnnecessaryWay Of ThinkingLiliesNice ThingsCounselorFormalityMutual Understanding Book:Straight Man Source: Straight Man
“HBO 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.” PeopleWayNeedsHelpingAsksReputationStayingGood PeopleStay StrongHiringHbo Author:Richard Russo
“I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland.” ThinkingWayAmericaEnglandLondonIrelandDublin Author:Richard Russo
“I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?” WorldWayKnownRegretUnderstood Author:Richard Russo
“My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired.” WayYearsBookHardBodyGuyHoursRocksDadMy DadIronCrewScrap Author:Richard Russo
“You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.” IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingKindDoeHappensFaithOrderNextSoundKnow HowHave FaithMystical Author:Richard Russo
“Stories worked much the same way . . . A false note at the beginning was much more costly than one nearer the end because early errors were part of the foundation.” WayEndsStoriesFoundationErrorsNotes Book:That Old Cape Magic Source: That Old Cape Magic
“Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl's health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place to snag whatever was in the air in the way of illness. Also depression, which, Miss Beryl believed, in conjunction with guilt, opened the door to illness. Miss Beryl didn't know any teachers who weren't habitually guilty and depressed-guilty they hadn't accomplished more with their students, depressed that very little more was possible.” KnowsWayYearsLittlesTeacherDoorsAirTeachingMissingStudentsGuiltIllnessDespiteGuiltyExcellentAccomplishedGradesRetirementClassroomAdvancingConjunctionsEighth Grade Book:Nobody's Fool Source: Nobody's Fool
