Anne Rice

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

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

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

I broke with my religion in college.

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.

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.

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

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.