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Interview

Anne Rice discusses her controversial book, Christ The Lord Out of Egypt, her own faith and whether she plans to write a sequel.

A Conversation with Anne Rice about Christ The Lord Out of Egypt

What led you to the idea of writing this book, and then to the actual writing of it?
Obsession led me to write this book, and it's been that way with every book I've ever written.

I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge, and the book begins to grow. With Christ the Lord, the obsession began in my earliest childhood in pure religious devotion. Though I broke with my religion in college, I was still obsessed with religious questions, the basics–Why are we here?

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Why is the world so beautiful? Why is it so important that we lead good lives, even when we don't believe in an afterlife? I never stopped with this obsessive thinking and exploring, and the idea for the b