A Movie Should Be As Long As

For Me, The Cinema Is Not A Slice Of Life, But A Piece Of Cake.

I Don't Understand Why We Have To Experiment With Film. I Think Everything Should Be Done On Paper. A Musician Has To Do It, A Composer. He Puts A Lot Of Dots Down And Beautiful Music Comes Out. And I Think That Students Should Be Taught To Visualize. That's The One Thing Missing In All This. The One Thing That The Student Has Got To Do Is To Learn That There Is A Rectangle Up There - A White Rectangle In A Theater - And It Has To Be Filled.

The Paperback Is Very Interesting But I Find It Will Never Replace The Hardcover Book - It Makes A Very Poor Doorstop.

When We Think We Have Been Hurt By Someone In The Past, We Build Up Defenses To Protect Ourselves From Being Hurt In The Future. So The Fearful Past Causes A Fearful Future And The Past And Future Become One.

[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.