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

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

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

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

There is something more important than logic: imagination

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

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

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

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong.

My life has always been rapid and crazy. It has just gotten a little faster.

History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.

There is small merit in mocking goodness, tweaking charity; it is much more comic to deprive people of their petty little existence for no reason at all, for a lark.

Liberty, then, is the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.

The fairy tale always takes place in worlds that are between, unidentifiable.

These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.

Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.

People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.