Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house..

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 ….

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

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

If I won't be myself, who will?.

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 min….

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

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

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible..

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

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.….

There is something more important than logic: imagination.

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

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

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it..

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 b….

Never turn your back on a friend..

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

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 re….

Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen..

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime..