Julianna Baggott Quotes - Page 4

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• I believe we're brutes, but then, miraculously, there are those among us who stand up against that brutishness and remind us of the goodness we're capable of.

  Julianna Baggott

  Believe, Goodness, Brutes

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

  Julianna Baggott

  Voice, Style, Different

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• Genres are just bottles for the various boats. The boats matter to me.

  Julianna Baggott

  Bottles, Matter, Boat

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.

  Julianna Baggott

  Writing, Choices, Stories

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• My childhood was marked by the great fear of nuclear holocaust. We practiced our Civil Defense Drills, lining up in hallways, curled to the floor, but we knew we'd die or, worse, survive only to suffer radiation and slow death.

  Julianna Baggott

  Holocaust, Childhood, Suffering

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote their own minds.

  Julianna Baggott

  Mind, Males, Culture

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• Women are constantly underestimated in our power, our reach, our collective pull.

  Julianna Baggott

  Collectives, Underestimated

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.

  Julianna Baggott

  Nyc, Actresses, Wanted

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• If men are paid/praised more than women for the same work than it always pays to allow the man to have more freedom to pour himself into his work - think of athletes, actors over the age of 28, lawyers, accountants, college deans.

  Julianna Baggott

  Athlete, College, Men

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• When a colleague of mine had a notable New York Times book, I said, turn one of the chapters in the collection into a pitch for a novel and sell it to your publisher.

  Julianna Baggott

  New York, Book, Notable

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• I wrote before I could write. I got my hands on a journal, maybe a hand-me-down; I had three older siblings. My first entries are in the handwriting of the sister closets in age (5 years my senior). She must have gotten tired of my dictations because she gave up and then my blocky scrawl shows up. I wrote plays as a kid mostly.

  Julianna Baggott

  Senior, Sibling, Writing

  "The Rumpus Interview With Julianna Baggott". Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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