Four Quotes by Poppy Z. Brite

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

— Poppy Z. Brite

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…

— Poppy Z. Brite

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…

— Poppy Z. Brite

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.

— Poppy Z. Brite

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

— Poppy Z. Brite

“Let the night come. We are not afraid.”

— Poppy Z. Brite

Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.

— Poppy Z. Brite

“+ He wasn’t much for erasing anyway. Sometimes your mistakes showed you the really interesting connections between your brain, your hand, and your heart,…

— Poppy Z. Brite

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

— Poppy Z. Brite

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

— Poppy Z. Brite

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…

— Poppy Z. Brite

“They were kissing again, carefully at first, learning the shape and texture of each other's lips, testing the sharpness of the teeth behind them.…

— Poppy Z. Brite