Quotes by Anne Rice

“Invest in a feather duster -- the possibilities are endless.”

“Sometimes fear is a warning. Its like someone putting a hand on yoru shoulder adn saying Go No Farther.”

“Doesnt matter now, devils who paint angels.”

“During this crisis you failed us”

“God kills indescriminantly, and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.”

“I was particularly stunned by the casting of [Tom] Cruise, who is no more my Vampire LeStat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler.”

“Interview with the Vampire”

“In a long-term relationship, its very easy to take each other for granted,”

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

“Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt”

I never lie, I said offhand. At least not to those I dont love.

Oh to have you with me, to have you here, not to be alone, but to be with you, my beauty, you of all souls! You.

It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves.

The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.

I was good and bad, but never wicked.

Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, theres nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who dont know the trick. Its like whistling or singing.

Truth is a risky proposition. Its the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies.

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

How could anyone love Him? What did you just tell me yourself about the world? Dont you see, everybody hates God now. Its not that God is dead in the twentieth century. Its that everybody hates Him! At least I think so.

I saw my real gods . . the gods of most men. Food, drink, and security in conformity.