Charles Baxter (Charles Morley Baxter) Quotes
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
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I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
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We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.
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Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
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I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.
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That music and the lyrical aspects of Razorblade Romance is so personal to me that, now with me being grown up a bit and meeting new people and doing new things, it makes me look at the same things I was writing about back in the day through a different colored lens.
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From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.
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I was always determined that one way or another I would force a book on the world, even if I had to resort to writing one about a tabby cat who solves mysteries.
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When it comes to writing musicals, you write the best piece you can. Then, its destiny is in the hands of the actors and the director.
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If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.
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I typically spend a year thinking about a book before I begin writing it.
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I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing.
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Public disapproval is the price I pay for writing about the royals.
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Every song that we wrote for the first album made it. We didn't think about writing a bunch of songs and picking the best ones. We had to just make the best songs we ever wrote.
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Both reading and writing are experiences--lifelong-- in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to be brought mind and heart within the presence, the power, of the imagination.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.
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There's no real high like finishing a new song, playing it a thousand times in your car, and freaking out with your co-writers.
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When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.
