Quote #8
Seeing a murder on television can : help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
More from Alfred Hitchcock
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- Your best side? My dear, you're sitting on it.
- I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
- Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.