I'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination. — Julianna Baggott Catholic Copy Share Image
“Los niños quieren a sus padres, aunque estos no se lo merezcan; es inevitable.” — Julianna Baggott Amor Copy Share Image
Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“I am who I am at any given moment…. That's the only way you can know me.” — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year. — Julianna Baggott Football Copy Share Image
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries. — Julianna Baggott Boundaries Copy Share Image
If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Here, falling in love can be an event, a proclamation without acknowledging that everyone you love could die an awful death, that… — Julianna Baggott Death Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I write in different genres is that I get to have the feeling - even fleetingly - that… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I don't know when I'm writing dark. I don't know when I'm writing funny or even heartbreaking. I'm always just trying to… — Julianna Baggott Dark Copy Share Image
I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
She glances back before stepping into the alley, and she catches her grandfather looking at her the way he does sometimes--as if… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Revolutions are usually started by people who are hungry. Sure, there are ideological revolutions, but, again, people rise up because they feel… — Julianna Baggott Revolution Copy Share Image
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry,… — Julianna Baggott Apology Copy Share Image
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear -… — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
“There are always rumors, and there are always secrets. And secrets within secrets. They protect us. The truth can be manipulated. But… — Julianna Baggott Secret Copy Share Image
“When I first met you, I thought we were made for each other even though we seemed like opposites in some ways… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I wrote before I could write. I got my hands on a journal, maybe a hand-me-down; I had three older siblings. My… — Julianna Baggott Age Copy Share Image
“Is he blaming her? Does he think she led on El Captain or was having a relationship with him at the same… — Julianna Baggott Airship Copy Share Image
“I'd always wanted to know what it was like. Happiness.” — Julianna Baggott Happiness Copy Share Image
But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“We're wretches but we're still capable of this - songs rising up inside us.” — Julianna Baggott Music Copy Share Image
“She feels a great pang of loss, an unexpected welling of sorrow mixed with confusion.” — Julianna Baggott Death Copy Share Image
Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Maybe Helmund is an angel after all. Maybe that's who he's been all along.” — Julianna Baggott Angel Copy Share Image
“Scars are good. Right, Helmud? It's the body's way of making armour.” — Julianna Baggott Scar Copy Share Image
Being cross-genre, you can encounter an image and decide not only how to best express it but what form would express it… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“[She] knows that it's fear that keeps her love in check. But what if falling in love is a sign not of… — Julianna Baggott Courage Copy Share Image
“She started telling Lyda stories, odd nameless placeless stories, about the man and the woman, myths or memories, perhaps from her own… — Julianna Baggott Storytelling Copy Share Image
Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger. — Julianna Baggott Faith Copy Share Image
“For the first time in as long as he can remember, El Capitan is proud of his brother. "Damn it, Helmud! Shit!… — Julianna Baggott Brother Copy Share Image
Are there books about us or something?” This makes Pressia angry - the idea that this world is a subject of study,… — Julianna Baggott Angry Copy Share Image
“You're a hero here.' 'I don't want to be a hero.' 'What do you want?' 'I want to be a leader.” — Julianna Baggott Hero Copy Share Image