Pete: You're either crazy... or the most egotistical
sonofabitch I've ever met... and for what -- to kill
one of the rarest, the noblest creatures that walks
the face of this crummy earth... and in order for you
to commit this crime, you're willing to forget about
all of us and let this goddamn film go down the drain.

John: You're wrong, kid. It's not a crime to kill an
elephant. It's bigger than all that. It's a sin to kill
an elephant. You understand? It's the only sin you can
buy a license for and go out and commit...

do you understand me?

Of course you don't.

I don't even understand myself.