"I always believe in following the advice of the playwright [Victorien] Sardou. He said: 'Torture the women! ' … The trouble today is that we don't torture women enough."

"In many of the films now being made, there is very little cinema: they are mostly what I call 'photographs of people talking.' When we tell a story in cinema we should resort to dialogue only when it'…"

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."

"Television has brought murder back into the home — where it belongs."

"The more you frighten the audience, the more they love you."