The fans, the vampire groupies, love the idea of this androgynous, preternatural figure stalking the night, and craving aesthetic pleasure just as he craves blood, wearing only the best velvet clothes, and savoring red roses.

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

Thank God he killed the guy. Oh, now, wait a minute. What kind of a prayer was that!

The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.

I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.

What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none.

Some mysteries are simply irresistible,” she said. “They have components that alter a life.