My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.
From Poppy Z. Brite
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.
Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.
I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.
I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.
I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.
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.
Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.
My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.
New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.
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