In spite of all the refinements of society that conspired to make art the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling grandeur of Fragonards canvases beauty was savage. It was as dangerous and lawless as the earth had…

Quote by Anne Rice

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Evil is just a point of view

Evil is just a point of view

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the...

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the...

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him...

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him...

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own...

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own...

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest...

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest...

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it...

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it...

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

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

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist...

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist...

That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't...

That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't...

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

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

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor...

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor...

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

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

Life has no meaning any more does it? The wine has no taste, the food...

Life has no meaning any more does it? The wine has no taste, the food...

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on...

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on...

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

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

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to...

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to...

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people....

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people....

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I...

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I...

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

What is difficulty? Only a word indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular...

What is difficulty? Only a word indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular...

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.