The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

The Puzzle Piece CharmTo A Life Filled with Friends Who Complete You

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

History is at once freedom and necessity.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress.

The fact that he was willing to sacrifice his own face in order to keep mine from getting bashed in

With the rain, falls the wisdom of heaven.

I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.