The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still...

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still...

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

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...

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be...

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be...

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....

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

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

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

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

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...

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

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...