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Patricia Highsmith

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

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"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff."

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"It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others."

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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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"I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman."
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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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"Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten."
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