If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long. Poppy Z. Brite More Quotes by Poppy Z. Brite More Quotes From Poppy Z. Brite The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets. Poppy Z. Brite insomnia sleep night You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you. Poppy Z. Brite poisoning knows giving Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness. Poppy Z. Brite good-night loneliness reflection I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets. Poppy Z. Brite night long believe I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever. Poppy Z. Brite pain losing forever This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex. Poppy Z. Brite passionate hot sex Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you. Poppy Z. Brite terror They discovered that even in the face of pain that seems unbearable, even in the face of pain that wrings the last drop of blood out of your heart and leaves its scrimshaw tracery on the inside of your skull, life goes on. And pain grows dull, and begins to fade Poppy Z. Brite pain heart discovery Delete nothing. Move nothing. Change nothing. Learn everything. Poppy Z. Brite moving I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible. Poppy Z. Brite voice writing thinking Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it and don't publish too many of the results. Poppy Z. Brite writing long moving If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it. Poppy Z. Brite want-something waiting world Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely. Poppy Z. Brite horror humanity self There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me! Poppy Z. Brite hate book people I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces me to and the stories he brings home. Poppy Z. Brite husband home book Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you. Poppy Z. Brite labels I'm your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you've become one? Poppy Z. Brite nightmare done thinking I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job. Poppy Z. Brite day-jobs writing jobs If you’re ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it just because it can kill you. There are things more valuable than life. Poppy Z. Brite desert lucky enough In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably been a way of testing to see whether or not I really was this repulsive creature that I felt like for so long. Poppy Z. Brite dog long school
