Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

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

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about

There is something more important than logic: imagination

Never judge a country by its politicians.

If I won't be myself, who will?

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

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

Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.

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.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.

Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?

Never turn your back on a friend.

Ideas come from everything

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.