Alfred Hitchcock — "The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."

"I am scared of getting into any difficulties somebody once said to me what is your idea of happiness. I said a clear Horizon. not even that Horizon with a tiny Cloud no bigger than a man's fist."

"I am a very meticulous director."

"I don't believe in the 'slice of life.' I believe in the 'slice of cake.'"

"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints."

"I've never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered. It's more interesting to discover the sex in a woman than it is to have it thrown …"