Banks

Banks
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth15 June 1988
CountryUnited States of America
wings political polite
Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite
guilt guilty
A guilty system recognizes no innocents.
clever smart play
As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.
real writing fiction
The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
reality trying fiction
Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.
men mind study
One of your American professors said that to study religion was merely to know the mind of man, but if one truly wanted to know the mind of God, you must study physics.
book character writing
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
tears soup life-is
There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.
truth two rainbow
Truth, I have learned, differs for everybody. Just as no two people ever see a rainbow in exactly the same place - and yet both most certainly see it, while the person seemingly standing right underneath it does not see it at all - so truth is a question of where one stands, and the direction one is looking in at the time.
thinking stupidity idiot
Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot
encourage gay great hoping influence lend love opens people support time voice
Honestly, I am hoping to influence young people, and Twitter's a great way to encourage them to lend their voice to the conversation. Any time you can show young people that you support gay friends and that there are gay people in the world who are lovely, happy, singing, and in love, it opens their minds.
fine innings quick trying
For my first start, just to get through the innings was fine with me. All I'm trying to do is get outs. I just try to get through every inning as quick as I can.
business change entertainment expect great sentiment
I don't think there's been a change in sentiment about the live entertainment business. It hasn't been a great business and I don't expect the fundamentals to shift.
change expenses fortunes landscape related wholesale
I don't think there's anything in the landscape which suggests a wholesale change in fortunes here. The expenses related to programming investments are not really one-time issues. They're going to be with us a little bit.