Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKRevenge is sweet and not fattening.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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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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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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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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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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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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