“ She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference. Thomas Harris
“ Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears. Thomas Harris
“ 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. Thomas Harris
“ What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day. Thomas Harris
“ The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver.Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you. Thomas Harris
“ The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval. Thomas Harris
“ It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.'Because he got hurt?'No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination. Thomas Harris
“ It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet. Thomas Harris
“ Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches. Thomas Harris
“ I'm not sure you get wiser as you get older, Starling, but you do learn to dodge a certain amount of hell. Thomas Harris
