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

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.

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

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

Every truth in this world stretched beyond its limits will become a false doctrine.

I am completely opposed to the British National Party

It is probable that the most inhuman monsters, even the Himmlers and the Mengeles, convince themselves that they are engaged in noble and courageous acts.

Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it.... If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there.

Actually, it would be assumed that the young lady had no such impulses at all, but I’ll tell you something: Chocolate melts on my tongue too.

Every well-thought-out rebuttal to dogma, every scrap of intelligent logic, every absurdist reduction of some bullying stance is the antidote.

Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega? -No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so.

False. When things change, I will be happy. True. When I am happy, things will change.

Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.

I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.