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Poppy Z. Brite quotes: I'm your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you've become one?

I'm your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you've become one?

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: You always felt they were pawns in an indifferent universe, butts of an existential joke with no punch line.

You always felt they were pawns in an indifferent universe, butts of an existential joke with no punch line.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: 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 put my name on it.

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 put my name on it.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them.

Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.

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

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Ah, relationships. If he was lucky, Luke thought, he would never have another one.

Ah, relationships. If he was lucky, Luke thought, he would never have another one.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: And what was I if not death's ghostwriter?

And what was I if not death's ghostwriter?

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.

Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

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

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.

Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.

The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Let the night come. We are not afraid.

Let the night come. We are not afraid.

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

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

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: With the first kiss his mouth will taste of wormwood.

With the first kiss his mouth will taste of wormwood.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Delete nothing. Move nothing. Change nothing. Learn everything.

Delete nothing. Move nothing. Change nothing. Learn everything.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.

You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.

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

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 quotes: At some point you have to start letting people save their own life.

At some point you have to start letting people save their own life.

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

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 quotes: I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.

I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

Poppy Z. Brite quotes: I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.

I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.