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Patricia Highsmith

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

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

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"I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here."

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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people."
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"For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not."
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"I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian."
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