It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you're on.

You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!

Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest. -Alfred Hitchcock

When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something - that's as happy as I'd want to be.

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

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.