1,174 Quotes by Anne Rice

It’s all about aesthetics, morality and aesthetics are completely similar.

God kills, and so shall we...

Pain. Unspeakable pain. It didn’t matter who in this world or any other was staring at me, watching me, seeking to share this moment or merely shuddering as I experienced it. Just didn’t matter. Because in pain like this one is always alone.

The problem with retiring to a desert place was that Daniel would hate it. And keeping Daniel happy was the second rule of his life, as his own sense of well-being, his own capacity to open his eyes each evening with some desire to actually rise from the dead and celebrate the gift of life, was connected to and sustained by making Daniel happy.

How could anyone love Him? What did you just tell me yourself about the world? Don’t you see, everybody hates God now. It’s not that God is dead in the twentieth century. It’s that everybody hates Him! At least I think so.

The big problem is not How to explain the existence of evil in this world. It’s How to explain the existence of good.

Don’t be a pawn in somebody’s game. Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on.

Making a film, I’ve learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc.

I’m fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.