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.

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What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the...

What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the...

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.

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt...

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Maybe thats what hell is. You go mad, and all your demonds come and get...

Maybe thats what hell is. You go mad, and all your demonds come and get...

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...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.

Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.

Evil is just a point of view

Evil is just a point of view

We're frightened of what makes us different.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

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...

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the...

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the...

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.

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...

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

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