Andre Bazin

Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.

In novelas, sometimes you get the most ridiculous situations, but you make the best of it. But novelas are a very special genre.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.