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Charles Baxter Quotes: Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make.
         

Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make.


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When you’re in love you don’t have to do a damn thing. You can just be. You can just stay quiet in the world. You don’t have to move an inch.

When you’re in love you don’t have to do a damn thing. You can just be. You can just stay quiet in the world. You don’t have to move an inch.



As my mother once said to me, ‘They’re quite crazy, dear – men are. What you look for is one of them whose insanity is large enough, and calm and generous enough, to include you.

As my mother once said to me, ‘They’re quite crazy, dear – men are. What you look for is one of them whose insanity is large enough, and calm and generous enough, to include you.



Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.

Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.



In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.

In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.



Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself.

Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself.



You are a real find and you keep me satisfied, up to a point. After all, I'm a malcontent and you can't change that.

You are a real find and you keep me satisfied, up to a point. After all, I'm a malcontent and you can't change that.



If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has.

If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has.



Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.



When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your own imaginative instability.

When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your own imaginative instability.



A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen.

A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen.





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Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit for lack of companionship.

Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit for lack of companionship.



I'm reminded everyday that I was born to do great things, I believe that and when it's my time I shall.

I'm reminded everyday that I was born to do great things, I believe that and when it's my time I shall.



Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.



You get yourself out there and you work hard, and you hope that word of mouth carries and one day somebody will actually step up to the plate and say, 'I believe that you can do this.'

You get yourself out there and you work hard, and you hope that word of mouth carries and one day somebody will actually step up to the plate and say, 'I believe that you can do this.'



We're going to be working in a stringent way and very good way on crime.

We're going to be working in a stringent way and very good way on crime.



You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant.

You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant.



Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.



Practice is the battle you must win.

Practice is the battle you must win.



I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.



You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.




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