When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is. Anne Rice More Quotes by Anne Rice More Quotes From Anne Rice 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. Anne Rice ghoulswritingyears As if it were our very birthright, which we could not come to grasp the meaning of until this time of middle life when we looked on only as many years ahead as already lay behind us. Anne Rice middlebehindsyears I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. Anne Rice studygreekliterature I do want to go another way - to write something completely different. Anne Rice differentliteraturewriting Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town ---- anymore than they would hurt the physically disabled or the mentally challenged. My vampires possess gravitas. They can afford to be merciful. Anne Rice hurtsorryschool Mortal beauty often makes me ache, and mortal grandeur can fill me with that longing...but Paris, Paris drew me close to her heart, so I forgot myself entirely. Forgot the damned and questing preternatural thing that doted on mortal skin and mortal clothing. Paris overwhelmed, and lightened and rewarded more richly than any promise. Anne Rice parisheartpromise It's not so," I said. "And how long do you think it will sustain you, feeling and seeing and touching and tasting, if there is no love? No one with you? Anne Rice touchinglongthinking And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die tomorrow or the day after or eventually... it doesn't matter. Because if God does not exist, then life... every second of it... Is all we have. Anne Rice realevilmen Protect your voice and your vision. If going on the Internet and reading Internet reviews is bad for you, don’t do it. … Do what gets you to write and not what blocks you. … Don’t take any guff off anybody. Anne Rice blockreadingwriting I was the vampire Lestat again. I was back in action. New Orleans was once again my hunting ground. Anne Rice vampirehuntingnew-orleans The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation. Anne Rice laughterperfecthappiness If I am an angel, paint me with black wings. Anne Rice blackangelwings A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire, even worse. Anne Rice vampiresightchildren Consequently, if you believe God made Satan, you must realize that all Satan's power comes from God and so that Satan is simply God's child, and that we are God's children also. There are no children of Satan, really. Anne Rice vampirebelievechildren It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. Anne Rice our-wordssufferinggiving In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume. Anne Rice homespringsweet Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind. Anne Rice be-kindchoiceskind The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us. Anne Rice vampirechangelying Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth. Anne Rice vampireangelbelieve I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night. Anne Rice newbornvampirenight
