I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties.

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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...

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....

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...

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 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 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 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 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...

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 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 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 have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

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...

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

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

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.

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

I will lay my bones by the Ganges that India might know there is one...

I will lay my bones by the Ganges that India might know there is one...

All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has...

All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has...