A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Thomas Harris (b. 1940) American writer

The Silence of the Lambs, film (1990) [with Ted Tally]
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(Source (Video); dialog verified). As spoken by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector.

Tally modified the lines Harris wrote in his 1988 novel, which in ch. 3 read: "A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone."