Richard Russo Quotes

A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

What makes a fulfilling relationship or fulfilling life is not simply found in another. It's found in a group of others.

Friendships are among the most fundamental of human needs.

Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with.

I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

I was always very proud of myself that I could wrest emotion from a doll or a puppet. It never occurred to me that I could find real emotion in a person.

Relationships are something I know about.

Being in relationship with others helps us know ourselves better.

I'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.

It's not just the number of friends you have, and it's not whether or not you're in a committed relationship. It's the quality of your close relationships that matters.

If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.

My support system is simple - people and time. The miracle of other people in your life.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.

. The key to all of that is keeping hold of humility and keeping hold of the people around you, and making sure you stay grounded with your family and friends.

Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.

You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up.

I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

If you can't be with yourself, you'll never learn to be with anyone else.

I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

I think as humans we do want to control our relationships, and you can't. It's probably better that you can't. That wouldn't be a real relationship, and we'd never learn and grow.