American - Novelist | October 4, 1941 -
We're frightened of what makes us different.
Anne Rice
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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.
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When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.
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What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.
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We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.
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There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.
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The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.
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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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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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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 most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.
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That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra.
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