“How do you know me?" she says. He looks at her through his narrow eyes. "I was," he says. "You were what?"… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Now I feel like we weren't made for each other. We're making each other -- into the people we should become.” — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because… — Julianna Baggott Abuse Copy Share Image
I've left the Church - for many reasons that I've written about publicly - but it's still a large part of my… — Julianna Baggott Church Copy Share Image
“Finally she said, "When I grow up, I'm going to live out here. I'll probably be a Miss Somebody, too..." Don't grow… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important… — Julianna Baggott Genre Copy Share Image
“—Vale, entonces un recuerdo. ¿Tiene que ser feliz? —No. Prefiero que sea verdadero a que sea feliz.” — Julianna Baggott Amor Copy Share Image
So far, I should be calm and more specifically not like that...Anything else? Would you like to do surgery on my personality?… — Julianna Baggott Calm Copy Share Image
I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my… — Julianna Baggott Bored Copy Share Image
“When I met you, I thought we were meant for each other, even though, in some ways, seemed very different and we… — julianna baggott Love Copy Share Image
I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing… — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound… — Julianna Baggott Better person Copy Share Image
“Are you saying that the people here aren't desperate? I think you're wrong. I think they are and they just don't know… — Julianna Baggott Desperate Copy Share Image
If men are paid/praised more than women for the same work than it always pays to allow the man to have more… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott Abortion Copy Share Image
“Father can be the person you most hate and most fear, yes, but deep down you expect that he'll be the one… — Julianna Baggott Father Copy Share Image
Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue… — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
“Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Weakness, like not being able to bury the past. Weakness, like not giving up hope when you know you should. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be… — Julianna Baggott Calm Copy Share Image
I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“And I knew that I loved him with more than a nod. I loved him with a rush of tenderness, a lion's… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“People never outgrow wanting to be liked for being who they truly are, especially when they've grown up in the limelight or… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
You learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language. — Julianna Baggott Character Copy Share Image
Our stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories… — Julianna Baggott Giving Copy Share Image
Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep… — Julianna Baggott Alive Copy Share Image
