And my heart beat faster for the mountains of eastern Europe, finally, beat faster for the one hope that somewhere we might find in that primitive countryside the answer to why under God this suffering was allowed to exist - why under God it was allowed to begin, and how under God it might be ended. I had not the courage to end it, I knew, without that answer.

Don't let the old story repeat itself now. Arm yourself with all that's happened.

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

Was it fair to say I didn't know the full state of my soul?

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

I was particularly stunned by the casting of Cruise, who is no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler.

His Back was turned to the end of the world and the end of the world was quiet.