Anne Rice

I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book.

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

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

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.

I do want to go another way - to write something completely different.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to my readers. I've always had a very close relationship with them.

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.