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

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

It has been rumored that "Psycho" is so terrifying that it will scare some people speechless. Some of my men hopefully sent their wives to a screening. The women emerged badly shaken but still vigorously vocal.

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.

Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.