Poppy Z. Brite

“His blood smelled like a delicious, spicy perfume. It was the smell of his soul.”

“New Orleans is my muse in a way.”

“Home is where the heart is, and where the hell is, and where the hate is, and where the hopelessness is.”

“Maybe there are stories that are yours to tell, and stories that are not.”

“For the first time he knew what the dead felt. He had been a part of it all his life.”

“I don't need to be a vampire to be a vampire.”

“Pain is not a valid reason for causing pain to others.”

“Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.”

“Love in the age of AIDS is a poignant thing.”

“If you have any tattooed friends, when they die, what do you do with their skin?”

“Anything that can be dreamed is true.”

“I like to think of my books and the worlds I create as being a kind of asylum for my characters.”

“My characters are all kind of geeky, but I'm a geek myself.”

“You are the night, and the night is you. You are the stars, and the stars are you. You are the moon, and the moon is you.”

“I think horror is a place where we can safely explore our own fears and anxieties.”