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

—Charles Baxter in Burning Down the House

About Charles Baxter

Charles Morley Baxter (born May 13, 1947) is an American novelist, essayist, and poet.

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You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.

—Edan Lepucki in Woman No. 17

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As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

—Robert Quillen

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The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best—and therefore never scrutinize or question.

—Stephen Jay Gould

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We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say—and to feel—'Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.'

—John Steinbeck

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