Never judge a country by its politicians.

For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor.

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

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.

This weapon [an ax] is primitive but effective. And it's also guaranteed to be fifty-percent painless. You see, it takes two people to operate, and the person at this end [the handle] doesn't feel a thing.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

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.