I'm seventy-six now. I'm at a stage in my life where I feel a lot of affection and regard for women, and I felt the need to make this clear in some way. I don't know how they'll feel when they read it, but I feel okay about it.
Russell BanksLists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
Russell BanksAnd out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.
Russell BanksOne of the most difficult things to say to another person is, 'I hope that you will love me for no good reason.' But it is what we all want and rarely dare to say to one another, to our children, to our parents and mates, to our friends, and to strangers, especially to strangers who have neither good, nor bad reasons to love us.
Russell Banks