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 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 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 have no television - I hate it.

I have no television - I hate it.

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 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 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 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 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 find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.