“A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.”

The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.

Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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

I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.

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

I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.

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

Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.

A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.

If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

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

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

The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.

It only takes a minute to cause hurt but sometimes a lifetime to repair. Be careful with your words and actions.

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.

I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best.

I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best.

I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best.