“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.”

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.

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

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.

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

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.

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.

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.

San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.

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.

It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.

Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

Puns are the highest form of literature.

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

The more you are focused on time – past and future – the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

There are times that I like to be sad.

Do not waste your mentor’s time if you care about your own!

Time never give you a second chance.

Against all hard times, you will be going to heal & happiness will follow you again.

Most of the time I care more for the happiness of others than for my own.

I think there’s a right time for everything, and I’m a true believer that everything happens for a reason.