Alfred Hitchcock

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

Alfred Hitchcock

If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

Alfred Hitchcock

Self-plagiarism is style.

Alfred Hitchcock

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

Alfred Hitchcock

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.

Alfred Hitchcock

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.

Alfred Hitchcock

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Alfred Hitchcock

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

Alfred Hitchcock

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.

Alfred Hitchcock

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

Alfred Hitchcock