He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.

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

Never leave a situation unless you know what you needed and what you were never going to get.

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc

Football has always been a stepping stone for my education.

My belief also is that Marilyn Monroe passed away long before she should have left us.

It is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented.

There is a proud modesty in merit.

Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.

Everyone knows the best volume of the encyclopedia is the one with ships-S.

When do you know you're insane? And when do you known you're sane? I think I treat a fine line between the two. It's a battle to function, but somehow I manage.

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.