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 clichรฉ, 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.
Julianna BaggottWhile I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.
Julianna BaggottYou learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language.
Julianna Baggott