“There is a distinct difference between "suspense" and "surprise," and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. I'll explain what I mean.… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
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… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award: I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
