Always Make The Audience Suffer As Much

There Is Nothing So Good As A Burial At Sea. It Is Simple, Tidy, And Not Very Incriminating.

The Picture's Over. Now I Have To Go And Put It On Film.

[when Accepting The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award] I Beg Permission To Mention By Name Only Four People Who Have Given Me The Most Affection, Appreciation, And Encouragement, And Constant Collaboration. The First Of The Four Is A Film Editor, The Second Is A Scriptwriter, The Third Is The Mother Of My Daughter Pat (patricia Hitchcock), And The Fourth Is As Fine A Cook As Ever Performed Miracles In A Domestic Kitchen. And Their Names Are Alma Reville.

A Woman Of Mystery Is One Who Also Has A Certain Maturity And Whose Actions Speak Louder Than Words. Any Woman Can Be One, If She Keeps Those Two Points In Mind. She Should Grow Up-and Shut Up.

San Francisco Would Be A Good Location For A Murder Mystery.