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I'm usually working on my own...

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious of it.

Anne Rice 517 quotes

I claim Dickens as a mentor. ...

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

Anne Rice 517 quotes

You reach deep down and bring...

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you move along with the book, but you don't know everything about it. You can't.

Anne Rice 517 quotes

To really ask is to open the ...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.

Anne Rice 517 quotes

Very few beings really seek k...

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.

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I gave up on the big screen. ...

I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.

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You can look at the New York ...

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don't know each other very well.

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Stephen King in many respects...

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.

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Writers, as they gain success...

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

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Obsession led me to write. It...

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.

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We have to become saints. We ...

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.

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When I write something, every...

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

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The thing should have plot an...

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught.

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The whole theme of Interview ...

The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?

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I want to love all the childr...

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians.

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Evil is always possible. Good...

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

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The vampires have always been...

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

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First-person narrators is the...

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.

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I loved words. I love to sing...

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

Anne Rice 517 quotes

Give me a man or woman who ha...

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.

Anne Rice 517 quotes

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