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Another FAN QUESTION FOR LESTAT answered:

Lestat here. And this time, I’m going to answer two questions. The first is from Bridgett Davenport: “Lestat, excluding vampires, who is the most interesting non-human you have met?” —- I would say the ghost of Roger whom I encountered in “Memnoch the Devil.” Roger was the first of my victims and maybe my only victim ever to come back from the dead to talk to me in ghostly form. He terrified me (temporarily anyway), and fascinated me. This was my first real experience with ghosts and how ghost “incarnate.” I don’t want to think of any of my other victims coming back to haunt me, ever. I have come to no first conclusions as to what Roger’s visitation actually meant. —- Second Question: From Elise Miller: “Lestat, you’ve seen so much and lived through so many years of human turmoil, does the current state of humanity irk you, or do you pay little attention to it?” — It’s the opposite, Elise. I’m in awe of the current state of humanity, the inventiveness, the imagination, the technological knowledge, the artistic fertility, and the huge areas of the globe that are at peace. I’m more than ever optimistic about the future of humankind, and all the more sad that I can witness human progress but never be part of it. But I’m an optimist by nature, I must admit. I’m profoundly grateful that I’m able to watch all this from the sidelines, and glory in the new music, the new art, the new humanistic philosophies being developed all the time.

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Another QUESTION FOR LESTAT answered: 

Lestat here: I want to answer this question from Minerva Gonzales: “Lestat, have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?”

My answer is: No and Yes. There is no real Devil, as far as I know, he’s strictly a metaphor, a concept, an idea. (Memnoch was most certainly not the Devil, as he claimed to be). So no, I’ve never danced in the pale moonlight with the literal Devil, because there is no such person, but yes, I have danced in the pale moonlight with the metaphor many a time. And it is a shifting and tricky metaphor. We tend to romanticize the Devil as the ultimate rebel, to make jokes about him, declare sympathy for him, etc. but what do we mean when we talk about him that way? Do we see him as rebelling against goodness – or against a corrupt religious system that actually epitomizes evil? I tend to think it’s the latter. And yes, I’ve danced with the spirit of rebellion, and I’ve shaken my fist at the heavens while dancing with him, and I’ve enjoyed it, and gloried in it, and for me it was always a rebellion against corruption and evil, against all systems that I feel are deeply and grievously unfair. Thanks, Minerva, and I hope my answer doesn’t disappoint.

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Another QUESTION FOR LESTAT answered: 

Lestat here: Jasmine Donovan has asked: “Lestat, what do you believe has helped you to adapt to the changes in the world over the years and has helped you to survive through all the trials and tribulations you have faced? — Jasmine, it is my optimism and rebellious spirit. I simply refuse to be defeated. No matter what happens to me, I fight back and I fight for myself and fight to turn the experience into something meaningful. This is not a virtue. This is an inherent disposition. I can’t help it. Having been made a vampire against my will, I refused to be bad at being bad, if being bad was my destiny. And ultimately I refused to accept other people’s definitions of being bad, or being damned or being cursed, and sought some path for myself which enabled me to be proud of what and whom I am. I make a lot of mistakes, a lot of blunders. But I never give up. I never despair for long. I can’t. I’m always spinning straw into gold. And this is why I survive, more than anything. I am in my unfolding stories what the world calls a comic character, rather than a tragic character, because I am never permanently undone by anything, never finished or ruined, never permanently destroyed, no matter how great are my own flaws. I always come back. Always. Thanks, Jasmine for the question. I hope I’ll see more good questions tonight on this page at 10 p.m.

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Another Question for Lestat answered. 

Lestat here: Readers, so many good questions have been submitted for me — last night and today — that it’s difficult to choose one. But I have settled on this question from James Estacado: “Which experience was the most life changing, becoming a vampire, meeting Akasha, meeting the body thief or meeting Memnoch? — Becoming a vampire is the most significant of these experiences, obviously, as a vampire is what I am today. I’m an immortal as the result of becoming a vampire. Akasha of course greatly strengthened my powers and my faith in our ancient history, but it was as a vampire that I received what Akasha had to give. Meeting the body thief could have been terminal for me — as life changing as being made immortal. After all, the body thief gave me an opportunity to be mortal again and to die in a mortal body; but thanks to him, I came to realize that I didn’t want to be mortal, and that I didn’t want to die. I was reborn as an immortal thanks to the body thief. I would say the least life changing experience was my encounter with Memnoch, though I still do not know entirely what it all meant. Memnoch confused and embittered me but in the final analysis, Memnoch left me as skeptical as I’d ever been – about the world – before we met. I detest Memnoch, and frankly, I don’t think I’ve seen the last of him. But how can I know? I loathe him and distrust him completely. But enough on Memnoch. I have better things on my mind of late. Like answering your questions, for instance. —- I hope you all will have more questions for me this evening.

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from Anne Rice’s FB page (8/7/14):

“Do you think that I, as an author, should have a press agent who controls and ultimately filters every public utterance I make? Should this page reflect only statements by me which have been approved and packaged by a press agent? Should all the public utterances of authors be controlled by press agents? — Think what this would mean for this page. No more spontaneous conversational posts, no more immediate reactions to news stories brought to the page, offering them to others for comment; no more immediate and spontaneous reactions to current events; no more up to the moment participation in debates and discussions; and no more answering of questions every day and all during the day. Would this be a good thing? Is this what you want? —- I’m asking because some one seriously suggested this to me yesterday (in an Amazon Forum Discussion). I (and all authors) should be controlled by press agents. The person seemed to be perfectly sincere, and neither cynical nor disingenuous. The person said she was trying to “help” me. The person advised me that I was a “brand” and that I was damaging my brand. Of course this person obviously didn’t approve of the things I was saying in the Forum discussion, but the larger point seemed to be that authors should not make controversial statements publicly at all, that it is not appropriate for them to do so, that all communication from authors should be filtered properly by others and controlled. The person apparently believes authors are not competent to judge their public utterances on their own. And there was the implication that once authors become known, they forfeit the prerogative or privilege of open and spontaneous participation in public forums. —– Well, I think you know what I think about this, and I think you know that this page is in no danger of becoming the packaged utterances of a brand. But I would sincerely like to know what you think, and what sort of communication you value with the authors whom you personally read.”

I actually enjoy reading her questions and opinions on things, even if I don’t agree with them. It’s intriguing, for better or worse. 

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candiedrobot:

On Facebook, Anne Rice and fans have been discussing preferred actors for roles in a potential/theoretical future Vampire Chronicles movie.  This is what happened in the comments…

“Do we have to talk about that film? Couldn’t we just never mention that film again?”

This actually made me really love her, are we sure that AR really wrote these comments and it’s not a fakebook thing?!

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