Quote by Russell Banks

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker prioritizes the art of storytelling over strict adherence to historical accuracy. Their main focus lies in sharing compelling and engaging narratives rather than being bound by the limitations of historical facts. By expressing their allegiance to storytelling, the speaker acknowledges their willingness to employ creative license and craft an engaging story that may deviate from the strict path of historical accuracy in order to evoke emotions and captivate their audience.

Topics

History

By Russell Banks

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The cost of a things is the amount of what I call life which

The cost of a things is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

Henry David Thoreau

So. Lie there, my art.

So. Lie there, my art.

William Shakespeare

Art

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of t

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Margaret Fuller

Work

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anyt

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

Laughter

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.

Food

If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it

If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.

Experience

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves pra

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Walter Winchell

Art

Cunning surpasses strength.

Cunning surpasses strength.

Strength

Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, w

Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if you seek them, they do not hide; if you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.

Richard De Bury

Reading

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a t

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.