“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
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Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
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“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
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“Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?' 'Always,' Carol said, smiling, too.”
“Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh.”
“Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.”
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“I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.”
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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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“I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.”
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