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.

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.

What I have always wanted more than revenge is to bring the other person to recognition of the pain they caused, so they essentially say, "I will never do that again."

Strong women are absolutely unpredictable.

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.

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

You never know the palette of the one you kill until the mind disgorges its finest colours.