Author: Patricia Highsmith

Quotes

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.

- Patricia Highsmith

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

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

- Patricia Highsmith

I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.

I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.

- Patricia Highsmith

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

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

- Patricia Highsmith

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

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

- Patricia Highsmith

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

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

- Patricia Highsmith

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.

- Patricia Highsmith

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

- Patricia Highsmith

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