Charles Baxter (Charles Morley Baxter) Quotes

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again.

Charles Baxter

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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

Lakhdar Brahimi
- World
- Now
- Expression
I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.

Omari Hardwick
- Up
- Women
- House
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.

Jack Youngblood
- Times
- Those
- Penalty
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

D. B. Weiss
- People
- Create
- Go
If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson
- Together
- Opportunity
- Win
I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.

B. F. Skinner
- People
- Culture
- Stop