I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter.

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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which...

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which...

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline...

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline...

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven...

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven...

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't...

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't...

I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake,...

I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake,...

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness...

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness...

I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are...

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are...

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a...

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a...

I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady...

I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady...

Perhaps God and the Devil danced hand in hand around every single electron.

Perhaps God and the Devil danced hand in hand around every single electron.

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much...

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much...

Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.

Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.

I have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like...

I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like...

I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them....

I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them....