“I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans w...” — Poppy Z. Brite Quote

“I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years.”

“Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them.”

“There were books about how to be gay; he'd seen them in stores and libraries. Some of them even had diagrams. But there weren't any diagrams about how to fall in love with your best friend and not fuck everything up.”