I Was An Uncommonly Unattractive Young Man.

[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.

We Seem To Have A Compulsion These Days To Bury Time Capsules In Order To Give Those People Living In The Next Century Or So Some Idea Of What We Are Like.

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

Luck Is Everything... My Good Luck In Life Was To Be A Really Frightened Person. I'm Fortunate To Be A Coward, To Have A Low Threshold Of Fear, Because A Hero Couldn't Make A Good Suspense Film.

Film Your Murders Like Love Scenes, And Film Your Love Scenes Like Murders.