Alfred Hitchcock — "I don't think there's anything more terrifying than the unknown."

"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."

"I always believe in following the advice of the playwright [Victorien] Sardou. He said: 'Torture the women! ' … The trouble today is that we don't torture women enough."

"This paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book -- it makes a very poor doorstop."

"Every film I make is a comedy."

"I once made a movie, rather tongue-in-cheek, called Psycho. The content was, I felt, rather amusing and it was a big joke. I was horrified to find some people took it seriously. It was intended to mak…"