Poppy Z. Brite

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies.

I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I think celebrities suck.