"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for the body in the coach."

"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."

"I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That round white thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there's that yellow thing, round, without any holes… Brrr! Have y…"

"To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script."

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