202 Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.

San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.

A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn't want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

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

Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.

Content, I am not interested in that at all. I don’t give a damn what the film is about. I am more interested in how to handle the material so as to create an emotion in the audience. I find too many people are interested in the content. If you were painting a still life of some apples on a plate, it’s like you’d be worrying whether the apples were sweet or sour. Who cares?