Julianna Baggott quotes

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. (Julianna Baggott)
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life. View quote
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Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger. View quote
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No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year. View quote
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Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking. View quote
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Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice. View quote
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Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels. View quote
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What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists. View quote
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Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough. View quote
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And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore. View quote
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Memories are like water. (Julianna Baggott)
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. View quote
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I prefer a cluttered workspace. View quote
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If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one. View quote
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As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately. View quote
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I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I started writing as a way to know others, to get away from myself. View quote
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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. View quote
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The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.' View quote
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The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression. View quote
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I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal. View quote
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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. (Julianna Baggott)
I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken. View quote
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I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries. View quote
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A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets. View quote
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Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use. View quote
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Julianna Baggott

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Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0
Occupation: Novelist
Born: September 30, 1969
Quotes count: 30