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
The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose. It was useless to tell them as the centuries passed that their Christ was but another God of the Wood, dying and rising, as Dionysus or Osiris had done before him, and that the Virgin Mary was in fact the Good Mother again enshrined. Theirs was a new age of belief and conviction, and in it we became devils, detached from what they believed, as old knowledge was forgotten or misunderstood.
The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.
I have to move away from organized religion. The toxic confusion and anger I was feeling in church had become too great.
If I am an angel, paint me with black wings.
I was the vampire Lestat again. I was back in action. New Orleans was once again my hunting ground.
A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire, even worse.
I was influenced by the medieval theological beliefs when I presented Satan in Jesus' dream as unable to figure out who or what Jesus is, and unable to see the future.
Motivated employees are crucial to a company's success.
I had many wonderful experiences, received beautiful letters, and my Christian books received substantive and thoughtful reviews. But there was always argument, dispute, questions as to what I "really" believed, lectures from here and there on "the real truth," etc.
Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that's ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell.
Making a film, I've learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc.
I know Christianity; and I know I have to move away from it and approach Jesus Christ on my own. I have to talk to Him directly and seek His guidance and protection as I seek to make my commitment to Him central to my life.