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.

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

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.