Patricia Highsmith Quotes

Patricia Highsmith — American Novelist born on January 19, 1921, died on February 04, 1995

Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer, known for her psychological thrillers, which led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen numerous times, notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. In addition to her series of five novels with Tom Ripley as protagonist, she wrote 17 additional novels and many short stories. Michael Dirda observed, "Europeans honored her as a psychological novelist, part of an existentialist tradition represented by her own favorite writers, in particular Dostoyevsky, Conrad, Kafka, Gide, and Camus.".. (wikipedia)

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

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

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

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.

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

Patricia Highsmith Quotes

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