Evil's just destructive? Then storms are evil, if it's that simple. And we have fire, and there there's hail. Underwriters lump it all under 'Acts of God.

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

You will not persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity.

Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude.

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.

The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.

I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter

I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you.

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too.

You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

There's such a fine line between defeat and losing.

Mathematics is a language

More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing is immutable. The logic of one year is a folly of the next.

Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.