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

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

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

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

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“+ He wasn’t much for erasing anyway. Sometimes your mistakes showed you the really interesting connections between your brain, your hand, and your heart, the ones you might otherwise never know were there. They were important even if you had no idea what they meant. Like now, for instance. Coming back here might be the biggest mistake he’d ever made.…

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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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New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

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