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

That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.

I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what could be more obvious than the old black velvet and pearls type? The perfect ‘woman of mystery’ is one who is blonde, subtle and Nordic. ... Although I do not profess to be an authority on women, I fear that the perfect title [for a movie], like the perfect woman is difficult to find.

Everything's perverted in a different way.