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Patricia Highsmith Quotes

A few years ago, there were requests to me, can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody allen movies there are dubbed into Italian Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies Picture Quote #1

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

He remembered that right after that, he had stolen a loaf of bread from a delicatessen counter and had taken it home and devoured it, feeling that the world owed a loaf of bread to him, and more Picture Quote #1

Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing Picture Quote #1

Mr Greenleaf was such a decent fellow himself, he took it for granted that everybody else in the world was decent, too. Tom had almost forgotten such people existed Picture Quote #1

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I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it Picture Quote #1

Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh Picture Quote #1

It would be Carol, in a thousand cities, a thousand houses, in foreign lands where they would go together, in heaven and in hell Picture Quote #1

Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a memory of a curve of her shoulder, naked, as he had never seen it Picture Quote #1

Our actions and responsibilities are our own; what later returns to either haunt or applaud us is neither possible to predict nor always completely understandable Picture Quote #1

This is what I like, sitting at a table and watching people go by. It does something to your outlook on life. The Anglo - Saxons make a great mistake not staring at people from a sidewalk table Picture Quote #1

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I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways Picture Quote #1

The dusky and faintly sweet smell of her perfume came to Therese again, a smell suggestive of dark green silk, that was hers alone, like the smell of a special flower Picture Quote #1

But when they kissed goodnight in bed, Therese felt their sudden release, that leap of response in both of them, as if their bodies were of some materials which put together inevitably created desire Picture Quote #1

I know what they'd like, they'd like a blank they could fill in. A person already filled in disturbs them terribly Picture Quote #1

He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere Picture Quote #1

He remembered deciding then that the world was full of Simon Legrees, and that you had to be an animal, as tough as the gorillas who worked with him at the warehouse, or starve Picture Quote #1

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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident Picture Quote #1

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A few years ago, there were requests to me, can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody allen movies there are dubbed into Italian (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) 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 Quotes) If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) 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 (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) He remembered that right after that, he had stolen a loaf of bread from a delicatessen counter and had taken it home and devoured it, feeling that the world owed a loaf of bread to him, and more (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) Mr Greenleaf was such a decent fellow himself, he took it for granted that everybody else in the world was decent, too. Tom had almost forgotten such people existed (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) It would be Carol, in a thousand cities, a thousand houses, in foreign lands where they would go together, in heaven and in hell (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a memory of a curve of her shoulder, naked, as he had never seen it (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) Our actions and responsibilities are our own; what later returns to either haunt or applaud us is neither possible to predict nor always completely understandable (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) This is what I like, sitting at a table and watching people go by. It does something to your outlook on life. The Anglo - Saxons make a great mistake not staring at people from a sidewalk table (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) The dusky and faintly sweet smell of her perfume came to Therese again, a smell suggestive of dark green silk, that was hers alone, like the smell of a special flower (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) But when they kissed goodnight in bed, Therese felt their sudden release, that leap of response in both of them, as if their bodies were of some materials which put together inevitably created desire (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) I know what they'd like, they'd like a blank they could fill in. A person already filled in disturbs them terribly (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) He remembered deciding then that the world was full of Simon Legrees, and that you had to be an animal, as tough as the gorillas who worked with him at the warehouse, or starve (Patricia Highsmith Quotes) I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident (Patricia Highsmith Quotes)

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