There really isn't a story attached to this quote since it itself comes from a book written by Anne Rice but if you know the entire context of David Talbot you may understand better what he may mean.
David Talbot is a fledgling vampire and one time leader of the Talamasca; a group of psychic humans who explore and try to understand the supernatural. Unlike most vampires he was only made when he was about to die of old age and he lived a full and fruitful human life. Hence, his perspective of the world is very much different from most vampires who are 'turned' in the prime of their lives.
When David utters this quote he is talking to Pandora, a vampire of 2000 years. David wants Pandora to write her life story and if I get the true meaning of his quote he is trying to explain that there is always turmoil in life; experiences of joy, hate, anger, happiness etc etc. But, at the end of it all we are always drawn again and again by the feeling of Love. Love is what creates.
While the first part of his quote sounds a lot like something that would have come out of the Book of Genesis (it doesn't) I would like to link it to God's creation of the Earth.
It was not just a matter of saying "Let there be light, let there be water in the oceans and fish in the sea..." That is not creation.
Creation is born out of love and as David explains it, he is saying that yes turmoil and yes a life not perfect but in the end there is always Love.
And if the bible were to be written, David Talbot's quote should be used in the verse where God creates the Earth and where God creates men.
" For it rained for millions of years and the volcanoes spewed destruction into the sky and valley were filled with fire... then there was God and God decided to Love, and thus the storms ceased and the fires died and got made man. "
