For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIn films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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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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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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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.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Ideas come from everything.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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