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

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious of it.

Anne Rice

May

Mythology

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.

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.

Anne Rice

Metaphors

What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

Anne Rice

Word

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

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don't know each other very well.

Anne Rice

Pretty

Writers

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you move along with the book, but you don't know everything about it. You can't.

Anne Rice

Deep

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.

Anne Rice

Christ

Saints

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

Anne Rice

Mediocrity

World

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians.

Anne Rice