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 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...

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 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...

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 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...

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 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.

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 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 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...

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 have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

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...

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.

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...

As believers, we are commanded to be thankful. I believe this is a natural result...

As believers, we are commanded to be thankful. I believe this is a natural result...

God give me strength, to keep on walking. God give me strength, to keep on,...

God give me strength, to keep on walking. God give me strength, to keep on,...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...