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
The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis’s quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?
The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They’ve always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
I want to love all the children of God – Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist – everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians.
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.
Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King’s books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.
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.
I broke with my religion in college.
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.
