Author: Patricia Highsmith

Quotes

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.

- Patricia Highsmith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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