To be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for things supposed to be lost." So by innocence you mean not an absence of experience, but an absence of illusions." An absence of need for illusions," he said. "A love of and respect for what is right before your eyes.
Anne RiceOld truths and ancient magic, revolution and invention, all conspire to distract us from the passion that in one way or another defeats us all.
Anne RiceVery few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.
Anne RiceFirst-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.
Anne Rice