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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, things, man

In reference to the murder scene in “Dial M for murder”: As you have seen on the screen; the best way to do it is with a scissor.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, contentment

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about feelings, revenge

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about crime, television, haven, help, work, contentment

Self-plagiarism is style.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about opinion, plagiarism, style, self-control

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, kitchen

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about crime, waste, work, time, contentment

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, home

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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, need

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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, americans, things, contentment

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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, habits, invention, home, house, change, people

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, human imperfections

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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, criminals

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about fear

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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, fear

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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about death, nothing, good, good luck

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about opinion, mind, nothing, contentment

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about purity, man

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

This paper back is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about humor