I promised that from now on I would write only for the Lord.

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.

Actions can let you fail or let you succeed. Either way it will never fail to give you experience which is much more important than success or failure.

The coolly logical part of her brain noted almost sardonically that Edilio had a superpower after all: being Edilio.

My experience of great storytelling, working with classics, is just finding a way to present it simply but let the story do its own work, or be an invite to the audience's imagination.

Life is an illusion that last too little.

No one prepared me for the stress and insanity of a week leading up to a movie. Years and years of work come down to three days.

Now, there's just so much imagery. Imagine what our grandkids are going to be able to see of us?

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.

I am very suspicious of people.