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

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
Anne Rice

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

I broke with my religion in college.
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

I can't keep up with Stephen King's output.
Anne Rice

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.
Anne Rice

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.
Anne Rice

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

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.
Anne Rice


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.
Anne Rice

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

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.
Anne Rice

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

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.
Anne Rice

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

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand, which was terrible.
Anne Rice

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians.
Anne Rice

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?
Anne Rice

I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.
Anne Rice