“On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife.”

“I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter”

“I'll confess it is pleasant to look at you asleep. You're quite beautiful, Clarice.”

“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.”

“I'm not sure you get wiser as you get older, Starling, but you do learn to dodge a certain amount of hell.”

“I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.”

“And your dinner for the orchestra officials.""Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with what's in the fridge, Clarice. May I call you Clarice?”