Disable ads!

22 quotes by Poppy Z. Brite

Billy Martin (born Melissa Ann Brite; May 25, 1967), known professionally as Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author. He is a trans man and prefers that male pronouns and terms be used when referring to him. Martin initially achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s after publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections. His later work moved into the related genre of dark comedy, with many...
Read full biography of Poppy Z. Brite →

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... →

0

This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand... →

0

Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

0

I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.

0

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

0

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

0

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as... →

0

In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably... →

0

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience... →

0

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I... →

0

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to put my... →

0

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.

0

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

0
Add a quote!
Background photo by Giuliana