Ideas come from everything.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKFor me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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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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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn’t have to cope with the actors and all the rest.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ‘ I say, ‘Your salary.’
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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