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

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.

The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.

In North By Northwest during the scene on Mount Rushmore, I wanted Cary Grant to hide in Lincoln's nostril and then have a fit of sneezing. The Parks Commission...was rather upset at this thought. I argued until one of their number asked me how I would like it if they had Lincoln play the scene in Cary Grant's nose.I saw their point at once.

Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it.