Quotes by : Charles Baxter

You know, very few people really want to become individuals," he says. "People claim they do, but they....

Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.

When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring....

[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.

As the poet says, all happy couples are alike, it's the unhappy ones who create the stories. I'm no longer....

If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief,....

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

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

The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us....

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.