I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die.

We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a director or a critic. Truthfully, I don't know. All I know is that I wanted to get closer and closer to films.

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.