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

Quote by Patricia Highsmith

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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...

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,...

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 find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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.

God is love, but get it in writing.

God is love, but get it in writing.

God won't ask what you did to help yourself but will ask what you did...

God won't ask what you did to help yourself but will ask what you did...

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains...

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains...