Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism."
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"After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us defend ourselves against moments when clouds suddenly appear to think."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story."
Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
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