"Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me." ― Richard Russo Topic(s): Hope More From Richard Russo "I think the darker aspect of my fiction-or anybody’s fiction-is by its very nature somehow easier to talk about." "About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn’t find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren’t good were good." "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." More In Hope "To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life – to not be thinking, ‘My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?’"― Anna Kendrick "Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself."― Diablo Cody "I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can’t predict."― Robert Duvall