I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.

Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!

Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.

Claudia... you've been a very very naughty little girl.

Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that's ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell.

I am the Vampire Lestat. I'm immortal more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire-these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.

Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past.

One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.

-You are on the verge of being truly mad. -No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.

When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.

Your journey into the future can only begin when you are able to let go of the past.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

Children offer the finest expressions of openness and flexibility. They play and laugh freely, and find wonder in the smallest things.

All things must pass.

This young lady, who instantly overwhelmed me with her kindness, is the ugliest creature I have seen in my entire life, with repulsive Jewish facial features.

I love Cheryl [Hines] so much and had so much fun with her. Off set we got on so well and would tell stories.

You need a temple to feel good spiritually? Go to a beautiful garden!

There is a lesson we learn early and harmlessly, or late and traumatically - that there are things we can break that our parents can't fix.

A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted and interpreted.