- Tom Ripley: I don't understand how you stand to be around somebody like that. He's such a fraud.
- Dickie Greenleaf: Why do you say that?
- Tom Ripley: Because it's obvious. He's no playwright. He's just someone who comes from money.
- Dickie Greenleaf: I come from money, so am I a fraud?
- Tom Ripley: You and he couldn't be more unalike.