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

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.

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 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...

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....

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 no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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....

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...

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 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...