Poppy Z. Brite Quotes

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 contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn’t lived here for several years.

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

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

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.