So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cultural divide issue
John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university. Russell Banks 1960sactivistanti Change image and share on social
One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons. Russell Banks avoidbookbraid share on social
The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing. Russell Banks 60sbrownbury share on social
My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. Taj Mahal baseculturalglobal Change image and share on social
It got to the point where most of my time went toward writing novels. I would still occasionally write short stories, but only when I was commissioned by an editor to write for a themed anthology or special issue. Tim Pratt anthologycommissioneditor share on social
I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better. Steven Pressfield artdividelife Change image and share on social
