"I'm a great believer in telling the audience all the information, so that they're ahead of the characters."

"The ideal motion picture is a blank screen and the voice of the director."

"I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it."

"I am full of fear, but I make films to master my fear."

"I try to get the audience to participate in the picture. I want them to be frightened, but I also want them to laugh."