I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

Lestat: I despise you! I ought to destroy you-finish what I started when I made you. Turn you into ashes and sift them through my hands. You know that I could do it! Like that! Like the snap of mortal fingers, I could do it. Burn you as I burnt your little house. And nothing could save you, nothing at all.

Life is a tragedy, one way or another. What is certain is that you die.

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.

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to my readers. I've always had a very close relationship with them.

What if I could give you your life back; pluck out the pain; and give you a world of unimaginable beauty that would be for all time.

No matter how rudely someone treats you, remain kind. Walking away at peace with yourself is worth it.