Explore Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That round white thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there’s that yellow thing, round, without any holes… Brrr! Have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.

Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.

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

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.

There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also there are more injuries at a football game.

There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.

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

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

There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.

[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.

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

I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.

It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you're on.

A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.

I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.

The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.

I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.