Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock
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These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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