1,174 Quotes by Anne Rice

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

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.

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

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?

I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.