You are a real find and you keep me satisfied, up to a point. After all, I'm a malcontent and you can't change that.
Charles BaxterWhat a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight.
Charles BaxterTry to get your characters into interesting trouble. Allow your characters to misbehave. Let them stay out after 11.
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 BaxterIn February, the overcast sky isnโt gloomy so much as neutral and vague. Itโs a significant factor in the common experience of depression among the locals. The snow crunches under your boots and clings to your trousers, to the cuffs, and once youโre inside, the snow clings to you psyche, and eventually you have to go to the doctor. The past soaks into you in this weather because the present is missing almost entirely.
Charles Baxter