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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I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve...

I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve...

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

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

In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been...

In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been...

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with...

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with...

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.

I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining...

I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining...

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't...

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't...

In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or...

In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or...

This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex...

This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex...

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on...

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on...

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that...

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written...

I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written...

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

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

My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very...

My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very...

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that...

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that...