Never judge a country by its politicians.

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.

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

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.

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

Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.