It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.

Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination.

I found, and find, the scrutiny of Dr. Lecter uncomfortable, intrusive, like the humming of your thoughts when they x-ray your head.

It's hard... to shake off something that's already under your skin.

I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me.

Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.

Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.