Patricia Highsmith

I have no television - I hate it. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#i #television

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. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#between #california #counties #different #hope

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#done #ever #justice #life #nature

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#been #car #car accident #had #i

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#country #dubbed #i #into #italian

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#having #his #hitchcock #i #just

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#decline #i #know #mine #movies

Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#ground #his #lost #married #ripley

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

— Patricia Highsmith

#elegance #excellent #fondness #had #his

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#fellow #film #hammering #kept #prizes