I assume I don't need an introduction.
Interpretation
The speaker expresses confidence in their reputation or persona, suggesting that they are well-known and do not require further introduction.
In this quote, Anne Rice highlights a sense of self-assuredness and familiarity with her audience. By stating that she doesn't need an introduction, she conveys that her presence and work speak for themselves, indicating a confident acknowledgment of her impact and reputation in the literary world.
In practice
In a book signing event, an author might say this to emphasize their established presence in the literary community.
From my stone pillow I have dreamed dreams of the mortal world above. I have heard its voices, its new music, as lullabies as I lie in my grave. I have envisioned its fantastical discoveries. I have known its courage in the timeless sanctum of my thoughts. And though it shuts me out with its dazzling forms, I long for one with the strength to roam it fearlessly, to ride the Devil's Road through its heart.
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit.
Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lostβa heart no bigger than a speck of dust beating, beating against death, against meaninglessness, against guilt, against sorrow.
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.
In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?
For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of battle.... A page of good prose seems to me the most serious dialogue that well-informed and intelligent men and women carry on today in their endeavor to make sure that the fires of this planet burn peaceably.
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.
Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing
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