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Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Russell Banks, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Russell Banks
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My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

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Russell Banks

But on the other hand, I don’t actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

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Russell Banks

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.

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Russell Banks

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

Russell Banks

It’s hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

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Russell Banks

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.

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Russell Banks

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.

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Russell Banks

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.

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Russell Banks

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.

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Russell Banks

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.

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Russell Banks

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

Russell Banks

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

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