Alfred Hitchcock

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

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.