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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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 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 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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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 find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

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

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'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last...

I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last...

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some...

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some...