Stephen Rea starring as Santiago in "Interview With the Vampire" -- handsome and charming, but who can truly fill the Master's shoes?
There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best
For my talents are reknowned far and wide
When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night
I excel without ever even trying
With the slightest little effort of my vampire charms
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
With the wave of my hand and a well-placed moan
I have swept the very bravest off their feet.
The profound study of man’s heart- nature’s labyrinth- alone can inspire the novelist,
whose work must make us see man not only as he is, or as he purports to be- which is the
duty of the historian- but as he is capable of being when subjected to the modifying
influences of vice and the full impact of passion. Therefore, we must know them all, we
must employ every passion and vice, if we labor in this field. -- Marquis de Sade
