In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book...

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book...

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a...

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just...

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just...

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what...

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what...

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human...

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human...

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw...

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw...

Want is the mistress of invention

Want is the mistress of invention

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...