A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.

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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...

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 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 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....

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

I have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

God does not give us more than we can handle in life; it's how we...

God does not give us more than we can handle in life; it's how we...

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a...

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a...

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...

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 don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true....

I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true....

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,...

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...

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

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

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...