Occupation: Author Birth: May 25, 1967
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 be….
Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it and don't publish ….
It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else could fathom, were in fact the basis of a recogniz….
I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or….
Delete nothing. Move nothing. Change nothing. Learn everything..
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 ….
Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food..
There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how ….
You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser..
I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces….
My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner..
Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you..
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..
If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer. However, you shoul….
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 name on it..
My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted..
In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and was crushed to learn that I h….
Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed..
Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy, when you ….
If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it..
You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you..