Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
Russell BanksBut 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 BanksThrough 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