There's nothing to talk about to strangers anymore, if you know what I mean. Everything I want to say, I say to her.
Charles BaxterYou think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story I have.
Charles BaxterThe truth is that I'm never sure how any of my books will be received, and because I can be thin-skinned, I try not to read too many reviews when a book first comes out.
Charles Baxter