Patricia Highsmith

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

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

I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.

I love Hindi films.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.