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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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.

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...

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.

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 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 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 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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 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.

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...

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...