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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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...

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and...

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and...

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

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

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

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....

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

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

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...

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.

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...