The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Alfred Hitchcock

The only thing my husband and I have in common is that we were married on the same day.

The only thing my husband and I have in common is that we were married on the same day.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.

You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?

If you don't have wrinkles, you haven't laughed enough.

If you don't have wrinkles, you haven't laughed enough.

You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.

You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.

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

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

Never turn your back on a friend.

Never turn your back on a friend.

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.

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

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

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.

I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.

The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Ideas come from everything.

Ideas come from everything.