I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.
Poppy Z. BriteAll at once it hit him: this was power too, just as surely as smashing your fist into someoneโs face, just as surely as putting a hammer through someoneโs skull. The power to make another person crazy with pleasure instead of fear and pain, to have every cell in another personโs body at your thrall.
Poppy Z. BriteYou hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.
Poppy Z. BriteI 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 even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.
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