Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTo me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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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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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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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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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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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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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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I always take the audience into account.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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