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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
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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
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America has always been a nation of small places, and as we lose them, we're losing part of ourselves.
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Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.
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To expect reason is where the fallacy lies.
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Worse, I have to admit to feeling the jealousy of one crab for another that has managed to climb out of the barrel.
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