Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
Thomas Harrisis an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. All of his works have been made into films, the most notable being the multi-Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Award history to sweep the Oscars in major categories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth11 April 1940
CityJackson, TN
CountryUnited States of America
Shiloh isn’t haunted – men are haunted. Shiloh doesn’t care.
Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives.
I'll confess it is pleasant to look at you asleep. You're quite beautiful, Clarice.
Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books.
Funerals often make us want sex-it's one in the eye for death.
I found, and find, the scrutiny of Dr. Lecter uncomfortable, intrusive, like the humming of your thoughts when they x-ray your head.
When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can.
I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
You cant reduce me to a set of influences.
I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.
It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.
Gratitude’s got a short half-life, Clarice.
You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . .
Because it's his bad luck to be the best.