“We know that people we love are both good and bad, but we expect strangers to be one or the other.” PeopleKnowsStrangerGood And Bad Author:Russell Banks
“The issue of torture, connected to American soldiers, is not somewhere most people want to linger. We may not want to confront this issue so much in the U.S. because of how we want to think about our veterans. There's the sense that we want to think of our veterans as - if they're damaged, damaged by something glamorous, like a firefight.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMayIssuesSoldierConnectedTortureVeteranGlamorousOur VeteransAmerican Soldier Author:Russell Banks
“We are not buried in history, but surrounded by it. You can't avoid our behavior being shaped by it, to a considerable degree. We have this fantasy that we are free of history. This allows us not to see the circumstances, the historical circumstances of other people.” PeopleFantasyCircumstancesBehaviorHistorical Author:Russell Banks
“Loyalty is weird, it kicks in when you dont expect it and the people who deserve loyalty least seem to get it the most.” PeopleSeemsDeserveLoyaltyKicks Author:Russell Banks
“And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.” PeopleWantWritingCare Author: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.” PeopleWritingArtMadeAgeReadingTaughtParticularOrdinaryOrdinary PeopleOrdinary LifeHigh Art Author:Russell Banks
