"True Blood" You Smell Like Dinner (TV Episode 2011) - Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton

Nan Flanagan : [in 1982, after Bill let the bartender live] Why is it you don't kill your prey?

Bill Compton : They might be dinner, but they don't deserve to die.
Bill Compton : The Monarchs will crush you before you have a chance.

Nan Flanagan : Which is why we need you. And others like you, to infiltrate the monarchies, and plant the seeds of discord from within.

Bill Compton : Looking for a few good vampire spies, are you?

Nan Flanagan : That's exactly what we're looking for. So are you in, or are you out?
Eric Northman : Has the AVL signed off on this?

Bill Compton : I am the king of Louisiana. I don't have to ask anyone for permission!
Bill Compton : [about the witches] They're necromancers, Eric. They brought a bird back from the dead.

Eric Northman : Are you certain of this?

Bill Compton : I had someone on the inside. I hope I don't have to impress upon you the implications of this.

Eric Northman : You do not.

Bill Compton : If they can control the dead, they can control us.

Eric Northman : I remember the Inquisition. I was around back then.
Bill Compton : I brought backup.

Sophie-Anne Leclerq : You brought humans into our affairs?

Bill Compton : No, you did. When you sent me after Sookie.
Nan Flanagan : Right now, on three different continents, the most brilliant scientific minds in our community, including Louis Pasteur, by the way, are working on synthesizing...

Bill Compton : Pasteur's a vampire?

Nan Flanagan : You didn't hear it from me.

Stephen Moyer: Bill Compton