If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

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.

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.

Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.

I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets.