We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.

[When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award] I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat (Patricia Hitchcock), and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville.

To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.

Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.

Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.