And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true vision. There was meaning in the world, yes, and laws, and inevitability, but they had only to do with the aesthetic and in this Savage…

Quote by Anne Rice

Topics: Aesthetics Quotes, Beauty Quotes

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real...

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real...

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

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

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

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you...

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you...

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from...

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from...

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 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....

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I...

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I...

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...

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...

I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.

I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty...

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty...

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but...

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but...

The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.

The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

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

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

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no...

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no...

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply...

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply...

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People...

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People...