Poppy Z. Brite

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

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

“New Orleans is my muse in a way.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Anything that can be dreamed is true.”

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

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

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