You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

If you’re ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it just because it can kill you. There are things more valuable than life.

I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.

I'm your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you've become one?

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 me to and the stories he brings home.