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

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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's...

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's...

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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....

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.

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with...

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with...

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...

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops...

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops...

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind...

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

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

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

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.

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to...

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to...