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Poppy Z. Brite
I think the book is more accessible to non-New Orleanian readers now, but I still get a special thrill from locals who tell me they recognize the city I've written about as their own.
Poppy Z. Brite
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.
Poppy Z. Brite
I saw a review the other day that called me a splatterpunk - I thought we'd finally put that sordid term to death.
Poppy Z. Brite
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.
Poppy Z. Brite
I don't think many Americans would think to compare me, or any horror writer for that matter, with Kerouac - though in his day he was as edgy and uncommercial as we supposedly are.
Poppy Z. Brite
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
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.
Poppy Z. Brite
I certainly haven't always been wise in interviews, but I have always tried to be honest about what I am and why I do this work.
Poppy Z. Brite
I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.
Poppy Z. Brite
Glass Goblin was actually more of a zine than an underground newspaper, but we hadn't heard of zines in North Carolina in 1983.