I like working, and my brain sort of keeps going whether I like it or not.

I felt, selfishly, that if there was going to be a TV show about 'Hannibal Lecter' whether I was going to be involved or not, I'd rather be involved. I wanted to make sure it was something I wanted to watch.

Horror films have always been quite operatic for me. I always sort of scratch my head at people's offense to them? If you don't get them, and you don't like them, then don't watch them.

I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces of the show, and so you feel sort of secondary, but I love actors because they elevate the material; they make it better.

I'm incredibly proud of 'Hannibal' and the cast - I feel like we're doing really good television.

If you're trying to make a recipe that you're not even going to bother tasting, you're doing something wrong.