Russell Banks

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

The first thing that inspires me is my mood, but I take inspiration from a lot of things: a rock song, a romantic movie or a specific lifestyle, like 1960s London and, of course, Italian 'dolce vita!'

Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.

Homosexuality is anti-humanity.