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

Quote by Patricia Highsmith

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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.

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 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 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...

A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said...

A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said...

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

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

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 have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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...

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

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 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 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 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,...

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 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....