I'm not much into rear window ethics.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.

Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

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

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