I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

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.

In women he doesn't trust! He is an atheist.

It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things.

I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!

My art has gained some high value.

With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split.

What do women want? To be treated like a queen; but by a king, not a pawn.

Religion becomes a matter of belief, and belief acts as a limitation on the mind; and the mind then is never free.

Have a day off, which is very rare in our line of work, but that's something we like to do. Like I said, it's a nice way to take your mind off the game and just go out and relax and have fun.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.