Quotes by Anne Rice

About Anne Rice:

Anne Rice is 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.
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I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

Anne Rice

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.

Anne Rice

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?

Anne Rice

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.

Anne Rice

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.

Anne Rice

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.

Anne Rice

Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles.

Anne Rice

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.

Anne Rice

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

Anne Rice

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

Anne Rice

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

Anne Rice

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.

Anne Rice

I can't keep up with Stephen King's output.

Anne Rice

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you move along with the book, but you don't know everything about it. You can't.

Anne Rice

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.

Anne Rice

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

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

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Anne Rice

I do want to go another way - to write something completely different.

Anne Rice

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

Anne Rice

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

Anne Rice

Author Bio

  • NameAnne Rice
  • DescriptionAmerican author of gothic fiction
  • AliasesAnne O'Brien
  • BornOctober 4, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist