Thomas Harris - Understand Quotes

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Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in the lion.

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.

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I think it's easy to mistake understanding for empathy - we want empathy so badly. Maybe learning to make that distinction is part of growing up. It's hard and ugly to know somebody can understand you without even liking you.

Thomas Harris