Louis de Pointe du Lac quotes from Interview with the Vampire

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Many streets in New Orleans weren't paved at the time. The mud on his boots could've come from anywhere.

Daniel Molloy

Was it raining that night? [Louis recalls his conversation with Jonah without rain] Did it rain?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

[Recalling his conversation with Jonah again, this time with rain] I don't remember now. It could've been dry in the bayou and wet in the Quarter. It's Louisiana.

Daniel Molloy

The odyssey of recollection.

Daniel Molloy

You were the prince of your district. Lestat chased an American icon out of town because he loved you. 1917 doesn't sound like it was such a bad year.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Rigged to burn, Daniel.

Antoinette

Mr. Louis, you have to convince Lestat to keep playin'.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Got a better chance makin' the Mississippi run north.

Lestat de Lioncourt

We had a good run, but I did it for Louis. I do everything for Louis.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

[Referring to the murder of Alderman Fenwick and the ensuing riots] I didn't do it for me. I did it for my city, my people. Destroy our businesses and buy the land for cheaper. I know what they're doing!

Lestat de Lioncourt

So that torturous death was for your people? That garish display of his body like some public art piece was for your people?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

I didn't see this comin'.

Lestat de Lioncourt

Save that lie for yourself. Did you not smile when he begged? Did you not feel pleasure as you carved him up?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Maybe you saw it comin' and didn't stop me. Maybe you went quiet on purpose.

Lestat de Lioncourt

You did what you did because it gave you pleasure. Companion of the Dark Gift, finally. We should make this our anniversary.

How does it work, love between two men?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

It works like... I don't know. Works like love.

Lestat de Lioncourt

I'm not sure how I feel about that pleated skirt.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

It's chiffon. It has movement.

Grace de Pointe du Lac

We need to talk about the house.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

[Scoffs] Over the cold body of our mama. Was wonderin' why I got an invite this time.

Grace de Pointe du Lac

You don't need it. You haven't needed it for years.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Well, good we've got each other's backs. [To his mother's body] Make you proud, you hear?

We can pay you in installments.

Grace de Pointe du Lac

You and your white daddy are doing fine in the Quarter. We can't pay you what it's worth and you don't need the money.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Vivid writer, isn't she? A singular style.

Daniel Molloy

Anne Frank meets Stephen King.

Lestat de Lioncourt

There's a column in here about the history of this lovely square. It says that the man who designed it did so after the Place de Vosges in Paris. I can see that. Used to be called the Place d'Armes. I prefer that. Don't you?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Mm-hmm.

Lestat de Lioncourt

The Louisiana Purchase was signed here. Penny wise, franc foolish.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Say anything about how they used to take runaway slaves, cut their heads off, and pike 'em on the iron gates as a warning?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

So you didn't kill her?

Lestat de Lioncourt

No. She has talents.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Aren't I enough?

Lestat de Lioncourt

[Laughs hysterically]

Lestat de Lioncourt

[Singing] Oh, joy, oh, boy. Where do we go from here...

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Not funny.

Lestat de Lioncourt

What can I say? I'm a lot. I'm not perfect.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

[Scoffs] I knew it. I knew you were there.

Lestat de Lioncourt

Yes.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

You jealous?

Lestat de Lioncourt

Yes. I don't like sharing.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

What about Antoinette?

Lestat de Lioncourt

It's different. I don't have feelings for her.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

He did me some face and I drove him home!

Lestat de Lioncourt

[Shouts] I heard your hearts dancing!

Louis de Pointe du Lac

I can smell her on you.

Lestat de Lioncourt

From time to time, I like a little variety. There. I said it. We're communicating so much better now, no?

Louis de Pointe du Lac

So I can fuck whoever I want?

Lestat de Lioncourt

Of course... Of course! Of course. As long as you come home to me. Of course. [Chuckles]

Lestat de Lioncourt

[Shouting] I heard your hearts dancing!

Louis de Pointe du Lac

[Shouting] You watched the whole thing like some creeper!

Lestat de Lioncourt

And then I watched you pull over and drain a dog and run down an alleyway for two more rats! This is not a life!

Louis de Pointe du Lac

That's 'cause you took my life!

Lestat de Lioncourt

You'll see as your powers grow, you can see their thoughts, like a one-reeler almost. Dull, monotonous picture shows. It's a very distracting gift, the petty musings of meat.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Peel back on me then. What am I thinkin' right now?

Lestat de Lioncourt

You'll have to tell me yourself. A sacrifice is made when the Dark Gift is shared.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

You can't read my mind anymore?

Lestat de Lioncourt

The architects of our creation mean to humble us. We're at the mercy of the other's discretion.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Just like the meat.

Lestat de Lioncourt

You're not one of them anymore, fledgling. You chase after phantoms of your former self. I'll break you of it.

Louis de Pointe du Lac

How many of us are out there? We can't be the only ones.

Lestat de Lioncourt

How many vampires? Not many, I'm afraid. Maybe a hundred... A hundred and one.