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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It’s hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check. Russell Banks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. Russell Banks Read Quote
And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey. Russell Banks Read Quote
I began as a boy with artistic talent… as a visual artist… I thought that was what I’d become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature. Russell Banks Read Quote
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work. Russell Banks Read Quote
