Victor J. Banis Quotes

A good story is a dream shared by the author and the reader. Anything that wakes the reader from the dream is a mortal sin.

A good story is a dream shared by the author and the reader. Anything that wakes the reader from the dream is a mortal sin.

Victor J. Banis

Tags: inspirational, reading, writing

Sexual normalcy and abnormality are personal and subjective concepts. What is unnatural to one [person] is natural to another. What is abnormal under certain conditions may be completely normal under...

Victor J. Banis

Sexual normalcy and abnormality are personal and subjective concepts. What is unnatural to one [person] is natural to another. What is abnormal under certain conditions may be completely normal under...

Victor J. Banis

Tags: abnormal, abnormality, homosexuality, natural, normal, normalcy, sex, sexuality

About Author

Victor Jerome Banis (May 25, 1937 – February 22, 2019) was an American author, often associated with the first wave of West Coast gay writing. For his contributions he has been called "the godfather of modern popular gay fiction." He was openly gay.

Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.

Victor J. Banis

Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.

Victor J. Banis

Tags: art, artist, excellence, mediocrity, writer, writing