Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggottis a novelist, essayist and poet who also writes under the pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. She is an associate professor at Florida State University's Creative Writing Program...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 September 1969
Julianna Baggott quotes about
running believe men
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men.
fall love-is giving
Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.
memories water
Memories are like water.
beautiful writing cutting
The lessons learned in journalism also apply. Writing for NPR has taught me to cut a piece in half and then in half again - without losing the essence. Apply that to the swollen prose of a bulky novel and you might reveal a beautiful work.
looks enough ifs
Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough.
lying real giving
She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.
generations calm shouting
The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady.
mother giving stories
Our stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?
want
Is it wrong to kill something that wants to kill you?
real book ideas
Are there books about us or something?” This makes Pressia angry - the idea that this world is a subject of study, a story, instead of filled with real people, trying to survive.
positivity way want
I want to keep looking at ways to stride forward with positivity.
bad-things
But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.
years stronger red
Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.
children ideas profound
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.