It's hard... to shake off something that's already under your skin.

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

Gracious words revived our spirit and restored our soul.

I have read like a man on fire my whole life because the genius of English teachers touched me with the dazzling beauty of language.

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

No one has a right to happiness.

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

Stocks are bought on expectations, not facts.

I got into the acting business very young.

I always call performing live "giving the people the medicine," because when you're engaged in it, you can feel the sort of soul magic being exchanged between the performer and the audience.

Education must have an end in view, for it is not an end in itself.