All Poppy Z. Brite Quotes
- 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… Begins
- I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever. Forever
- 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… Been
- Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food. Chef
- Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy,… All
- And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to… Ever Use
- Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed. Abuse
- In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny -… All
- New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun. Cajun
- My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted. Allowed
- Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you. Always Find
- Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction. Eaten
- My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which… Chance
- My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner. Economics
- 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… All
- 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… Hot
- I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the… Altars
- Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. Book
- In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and was crushed to… Been
- 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… Book
- 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… Belong
- I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror. Definitely
- 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… Absolutely
- Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely. Badge
- I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job. Commercial