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

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

That is the crowning evil, that we can even go so far as to love each other, you and I. And who else would show us a particle of love, a particle of compassion or mercy? Who else, knowing us as we know each other, could do anything but destroy us? Yet we can love each other.

I think there is a modern temper. The authority figures we revered in the past are all up for grabs - they're gone. We are groping for meaning in a world where some of our gods have died. We're asking ourselves, 'Who is our true brother and sister, where is our true home?' The modern tempter is our struggle to lead meaningful lives, and even if we don't believe in religion, we can reach down and hold on to our core values for guidance.

The NRA disgraced itself this morning with a self-serving press event in which they demonized the media and the entertainment industry for gun violence in America, and advocated a national data base for all mentally ill persons. They apparently want armed guards in all American schools, and it seems, armed volunteers as well. Shocking.

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

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.