Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort.

When I realized that Reuben was a young man who really wanted to be taken seriously, because he was dismissed for being too good looking or because he had too much money - his character really came to life for me. I began to understand that, and see that a lot of people feel this way - misunderstood because of their talents or gifts or background.

But death we are, and death we've always been.

I think love can save the world. When we love, we completely recognize the value of the other.

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

"You're a perfect devil, Lestat!" he was saying. "That's what you are! You are the devil himself!"

I was influenced by the medieval theological beliefs when I presented Satan in Jesus' dream as unable to figure out who or what Jesus is, and unable to see the future.