My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.