I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me.

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

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.

When you are madly in love with someone, even when sanity tries to rescue you, you wrestle it.

You cannot transform the society of people if the people are not part of the change.

I have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion.

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

Rescuing dogs is looked upon as a noble, trendy pursuit. But wouldn't rescuing a man from a homeless shelter be, in fact, more humane?

It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get.

What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.

Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.

While the world of reality has its limits, the world of your imagination is without boundaries