People Don't Always Express Their Inner Thoughts

I Always Take The Audience Into Account.

Mystery Is An Intellectual Process... But Suspense Is Essentially An Emotional Process.

This Weapon [an Ax] Is Primitive But Effective. And It's Also Guaranteed To Be Fifty-percent Painless. You See, It Takes Two People To Operate, And The Person At This End [the Handle] Doesn't Feel A Thing.

Making A Film Means, First Of All, To Tell A Story. That Story Can Be An Improbable One, But It Should Never Be Banal. It Must Be Dramatic And Human. What Is Drama, After All, But Life With The Dull Bits Cut Out?

The Birds Could Be The Most Terrifying Motion Picture I Have Ever Made.