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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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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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'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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

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

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