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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThere is something more important than logic: imagination.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
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When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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