I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years.

Poppy Z. Brite

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My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

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Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered thr... by Poppy Z. Brite

Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

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My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.

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You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser.

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I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies.

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I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage... by Poppy Z. Brite

I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.

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