I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles. The canker in the heart of the rose.

Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.

In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling grandeur of Fragonard's canvases--beauty was savage. It was as dangerous and lawless as the earth had been eons before man had one single coherent thought in his head or wrote codes of conduct on tablets of clay. Beauty was a Savage Garden.

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

All my life,I've been afraid of things, as a child and a woman must be. I lied about it naturally. I fancied myself a witch and walked in dark streets to punish myself for my doubts. But I knew what it meant to be afraid.