I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting. Russell Banks backbookchange share on social
First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated. Russell Banks backgroundeducatehigh Change image and share on social
And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey. Russell Banks begincleverdesire 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
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
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
My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history. Russell Banks allegiancehistorymajor 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
