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

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter

What was it to love someone, what was love exactly, and why did it end or not end? Those were the real questions, and who could answer them?

But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him.

Everything human is alien to me.

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

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.