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

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

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

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.

Are you insinuatin' that my daughter is a liar?""Oh, no, not at all. I'm saying your daughter is a liar. Surely you can appreciate the difference.

A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?

In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses.

The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself!

Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.

It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.

I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.

I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.

The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.

In training, there is no winning or losing. There is only learning.