LESTAT: Feed on what you want. Rats, chickens, doves. I'll leave you to it and watch you come round. Just remember: life without me would be even more unbearable...

LESTAT: Consider yourself lucky. In Paris a vampire has to be clever for many reasons.

LOUIS: Paris?

LESTAT: Here all one needs is a pair of fangs.

LOUIS: You came from Paris?

LESTAT: As did the one who made me.

LOUIS: Tell me about him. You must have learnt something from him!

LESTAT: I learnt absolutely nothing. I wasn't given a choice.

LOUIS: But you must know something about the meaning of it all...

LESTAT: Why? Why should I know these things? Do you know them? That noise! It's driving me mad! That noise! We've been in the country for weeks with nothing but that noise!!!

LOUIS: Yes, they know about us. They watch us dine on empty plates and drink from empty glasses.

LESTAT: Come to New Orleans then. The Paris opera is in town. We can try some French cuisine.