The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.

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

Consuming the content and culture of creatives does not make one a creative. Creating makes a creative.

There is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd.

Lord Shiva, you my sunshine, my soul, Sivoham.

A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. D.

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

Large companies are very good at solving extremely complex problems in a globally optimal way.

If you're doing Plyometrics you can jump higher and run faster and your heart and lungs are going to kick the panties off of anybody else that tries to get out there without it.

It takes more than industry to industrialize.