Anne Rice
American author of gothic fiction
Lived from: 1941 - 2021
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United States
Born: 4 october 1941 Died: 11 december 2021
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I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.
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I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.
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I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
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I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.
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I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.
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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.
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Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.
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Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles.
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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.
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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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Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.
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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.
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The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.
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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.
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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 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 world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.
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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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To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.
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To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
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