What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.
Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
I can’t help being a gorgeous fiend. It’s just the card I drew.
I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it.
Go where the pain is, go where the pleasure is.
I will be the Vampire Lestat for all to see. A symbol, a freak of nature - something loved, something despised all of those things. I tell you I can't give it up. I can't miss. And quite frankly I am not in the least afraid." - Lestat, The Vampire Lestat, p. 532