Anne Rice
Birthday: 4 October 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Birth Name: Howard Allen O'Brien
Height: 157 cm
Anne Rice began life as "Howard Allen O'Brien", second of four daughters born to Howard and Katherine Allen O'Brien. She decided to call herself "Anne", when she enrolled ...Show More
The vampire is always presented as someone who is living a heightened existence and that is very sed Show more
The vampire is always presented as someone who is living a heightened existence and that is very seductive. He is also someone who is able to satisfy all of his cravings. I don't see this as a time of weakness at all. The vampire image reflects the enormous leap in visual perspective. This is the time of Federal Express, long-distance calls and faxes. Someone can get up in the morning and call New York or Paris. All kinds of business transactions and close book deals can be made -- it's like flying all over the world. Vampires are superhuman magnifications of us, of the way we feel in these powerful times. Hide
On connecting: We're frightened of what makes us different.
On connecting: We're frightened of what makes us different.
The vampire is that glittering, dazzling rule-breaker and outsider who has gained ascendancy over ti Show more
The vampire is that glittering, dazzling rule-breaker and outsider who has gained ascendancy over time and place. Hide
Vampires have always been part of our culture. There have always been superstitions surrounding deat Show more
Vampires have always been part of our culture. There have always been superstitions surrounding death and burial in western Europe and the idea that the dead will come back. When you write a story about good and evil using a vampire, you are reaching back to the Renaissance for a figure as powerful as God and the devil. What I love about my readers is that they really understand what my books are about. Hide
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
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