shadow and form

Edward Hopper's "House by the Railroad" inspired the Bates' house in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."

on wearing a dark suit everyday

"The suit is the same, but the films are different."
- Alfred Hitchcock 

"Life is infinitely stranger than the mind of man can invent."
- Alfred Hitchcock

mission

"Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake."

- Alfred Hitchcock

swede

“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”
- Ingrid Bergman [1915-1982]

modus operandi

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
- Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980]

Idea of perfect happiness

"A clear horizon."
- Alfred Hitchcock

on directing

"The camera tells the story; the dialogue just gives a bit of atmosphere, at best."
- Alfred Hitchcock as quoted by Tilda Swinton