168 Quotes by Julianna Baggott

You learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language.

Sometimes you meet someone and you know that your life will be different from then on.

First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly about the weather, to encourage cliché, to uphold the virtues of average. You hand over the need to be understood and, in return, you get a bar of Normal soap. And you can wash in it and be daily reborn to a safe world of modest, enduring love or, at least, mild, well-mannered bonding.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot...

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.

Memories are like water.

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.

Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough.

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.