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 HITCHCOCKAlways make the audience suffer as much as possible.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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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.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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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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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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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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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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