Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another. — Julianna Baggott Cutting Copy Share Image
When a colleague of mine had a notable New York Times book, I said, turn one of the chapters in the collection… — Julianna Baggott Book Copy Share Image
“They need eachother. They always have and always will. Maybe he should just be happy with that fact. Not everyone gets to… — Julianna Baggott Need Copy Share Image
Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all… — Julianna Baggott Alive Copy Share Image
While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. — Julianna Baggott Becoming Copy Share Image
I believe we're brutes, but then, miraculously, there are those among us who stand up against that brutishness and remind us of… — Julianna Baggott Believe Copy Share Image
I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how… — Julianna Baggott Character Copy Share Image
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and… — Julianna Baggott Character Copy Share Image
“What uif God and the truth are the same thing? What if the truth is at the center of everything? If you… — Julianna Baggott Truth Copy Share Image
I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned… — Julianna Baggott Acts of courage Copy Share Image
“We each have a story. They did this to us. There was no outside aggressor. They wanted an Apocalypse. They wanted the… — Julianna Baggott Apocalypse Copy Share Image
The lessons learned in journalism also apply. Writing for NPR has taught me to cut a piece in half and then in… — Julianna Baggott Beautiful Copy Share Image
My childhood was marked by the great fear of nuclear holocaust. We practiced our Civil Defense Drills, lining up in hallways, curled… — Julianna Baggott Childhood Copy Share Image
“I screamed. You told me not to.” He rubs at the soot on one hand with his thumb, then stares at it.… — Julianna Baggott Soot Copy Share Image
“—Estás despierto, despierto de verdad. Asiente y dice: —Más o menos. —Me alegro de que hayas vuelto. —Y es verdad, no cabe… — Julianna Baggott Amor Copy Share Image
A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets. — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one… — Julianna Baggott Actor Copy Share Image
“Even if their supplies of love are finite, they've figured out that life is, too, and they're no longer rationing.” — Julianna Baggott Life 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 Be a man 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
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
One of the reasons I write in different genres is that I get to have the feeling - even fleetingly - that… — Julianna Baggott Different 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 Something new 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 Agree 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 Alleys 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 Crosses Copy Share Image
