I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.

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.

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...

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 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.

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....

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 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 find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

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

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.

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...

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.

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 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 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 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 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,...

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.

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.