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

When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way, all the world is a vampire.

You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

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

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 no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me!

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.