I like stories with lots of psychology.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTo me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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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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Never turn your back on a friend.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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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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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Ideas come from everything.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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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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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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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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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
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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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