What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.
Interpretation
Anne Rice aims to portray Jesus as a relatable and believable figure in her writing.
In this quote, Anne Rice expresses her intention to create a vivid and believable representation of Jesus Christ, as depicted in the Gospels. By referring to Him as both the 'Son of God' and the 'Son of the Virgin Mary,' she emphasizes His divine and human natures, illustrating her desire to make Him a more accessible and engaging character for readers, rather than a distant, abstract figure.
In practice
In a speech discussing the portrayal of religious figures in literature.
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 lost–a 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?
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Let us love God my brothers, let us love God. But let it be with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brow.
In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.
Evangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever I’m angry or excited or surrounded by other people who understand what I’m saying. And it’s the language in which I most often hear God’s voice on the rare occasion that it rises above the noise.
Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.
When you read the New Testament, you see the Holy Spirit was supposed to change everything so that this gathering of people who call themselves Christians had this supernatural element about them.
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