Anne Rice

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way. ↗

— Anne Rice

#angels #away #christianity #far #far away

I broke with my religion in college. ↗

— Anne Rice

#college #i #religion

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success. ↗

— Anne Rice

#book #chance #first-person #greatest #how

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough. ↗

— Anne Rice

#dickens #enough #everyone #him #his

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beginning #best #catharsis #character #end

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult. ↗

— Anne Rice

#always #believe #cease #devil #difficult

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions. ↗

— Anne Rice

#asking #asking questions #i #looking #questions

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job. ↗

— Anne Rice

#anything #christian #fighting #full-time #full-time job

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. ↗

— Anne Rice

#done #getting #had #i #just

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge. ↗

— Anne Rice

#been #book #challenge #characters #completely