My efforts with Hollywood are like things written in water.

... what I fear in writing is the safe decision.

His blood coursed through my veins sweeter than life itself. And as it did, Lestats words made sense to me. I knew peace only when I killed and when I heard his heart in that terrible rhythm, I knew again what peace could be.

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town ---- anymore than they would hurt the physically disabled or the mentally challenged. My vampires possess gravitas. They can afford to be merciful.

Don't you see? It is a new age. It requires a new evil. And I am that new evil.

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