Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for. Russell Banks actancientcommunity Change image and share on social
It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check. Russell Banks checkhardreality Change image and 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
Motivations are too tangled and complex. Russell Banks complexmotivationtangle Change image and share on social
Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. Russell Banks drawlifeoccasionally Change image and share on social
What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older. Russell Banks audiencefindgood Change image and share on social
But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. Russell Banks ageamericanart share on social
The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer. Russell Banks apprenticeshipprogramrationalize Change image and share on social
The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War. Russell Banks abandoncoldend Change image and share on social
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. Russell Banks artificialconsciousgrow Change image and share on social
