A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
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Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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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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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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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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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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