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Quote by Charles Baxter

“Try to get your characters into interesting trouble. Allow your characters to misbehave. Let them stay out after 11.”

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Charles Baxter is an American author born on May 13, 1947. His works are known for their delicate psychological portrayals and unique narrative style, primarily focusing on short stories and novels. more

“When the writing is really working, I think there is something like dreaming going on. I don't know how to draw the line between the conscious management of what you're doing and this state. . . . I would say that it's related to daydreaming. When I feel really engaged with a passage, I become so lost in it that I'm unaware of my real surroundings, totally involved in the pictures and sounds that that passage evokes.”

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Author:John Hersey

“You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.”

Want

Author:Paul Theroux

“The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.”

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Author:Adolf Hitler

“Anyone living in Los Angeles who has opposable thumbs is required to write a screenplay.”

Writing Los Angeles Thumbs Screenplays

Book:Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure

Source: Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure

“Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach for the paper.”

Should Writing Firsts Paper Bowels

Author:Howard Nemerov

“The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism.”

Wall Achievement Socialism Defining Berlin Berlin Wall

Author:George Will

“A jest's prosperity lies in the ear”

Lying Ears Prosperity Jest

Author:William Shakespeare

“Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation.”

Should Real Girl Nations Share Welfare Visionaries Dolls Comrade Helpers

Author:Robert Baden-Powell

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