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.

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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.

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

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

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had...

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

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...

There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against...

There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...