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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...