Phrase by 'Patricia Highsmith'

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I have no television - I hate it.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Hate , Television


That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Me , Book , Bad , Fool


I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Know , Ever , Seen , Lady


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

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Humor , He , Mother , Elegance


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.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Me , New , Trouble , Progress


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.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Want , Alone , Dream , Telephone


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.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  New , Mistake , Way , Hope


I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  Good , Men , Sex , Wife


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

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  He , Lost , Feet , Ground


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

Author: Patricia Highsmith - American Novelist
  People , Know , Writing , Movies


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