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
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant. Russell Banks accountantaveragechoose Change image and share on social
So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us. Russell Banks culturaldivideissue 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
A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties. Russell Banks columbiacoupleearly 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
Motivations are too tangled and complex. Russell Banks complexmotivationtangle Change image and share on social
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life. Russell Banks honestimaginativeintelligent Change image and share on social
Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely. Russell Banks chimpanzeeendangerseverely Change image and share on social
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
