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"Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that."

Richard Russo on Movies

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  • "Film spectators are quiet vampires."

    Jim Morrison on Movies

  • "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

    Johnny Depp on Movies

  • "You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."

    Steve Martin on Movies

  • "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

    Clint Eastwood on Movies

  • "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

    Walt Disney on Movies

More quotes by 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."

  • "Truth be told, I'm not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, though it's been my experience that most people don't want to be entertained. They want to be comforted."

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "People often ask me how I make things funny. I don't make things funny."

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