Anne Rice
Anne Rice
Anne Riceis an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotica. She is perhaps best known for her popular and influential series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles, revolving around the central character of Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire in 1994, and Queen of the Damned in 2002...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 October 1941
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.
Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon III with her towering buildings, her massive cathedrals, her grand boulevards and ancient winding medieval streets - as vast and indestructible as nature itself.
No matter how rudely someone treats you, remain kind. Walking away at peace with yourself is worth it.
Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles.
How pathetic it is to describe these things which can't truly be described.
And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me.
Let the spirits witness: for theirs is the knowledge of the future - both what it would be, and what I will: You are the Queen of the Damned, that's what you are! Evil is your only destiny. But at your greatest hour, it is I who will defeat you. Look well on my face. It is I who will bring you down.
There's no way to cheat a sensualist like me, somebody who can die laughing for hours over the pattern of the carpet in a hotel lobby.
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.
There was no point in waiting until the next world. You had to do everything now, every kind of sin.
Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely.
an intoxication with forbidden knowledge in which the natural things become unimportant.
He had never expected death to be this quiet, this secretive, this easy.