Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.

Quote by Patricia Highsmith

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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 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.

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 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...

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 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 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 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 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 find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

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

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...

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

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

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 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 have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

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...

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.

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...