There Is No Terror In The Bang,

Mystery Is An Intellectual Process... But Suspense Is Essentially An Emotional Process.

In The Old Days Villains Had Moustaches And Kicked The Dog. Audiences Are Smarter Today. They Don't Want Their Villain To Be Thrown At Them With Green Limelight On His Face. They Want An Ordinary Human Being With Failings.

Making A Film Means, First Of All, To Tell A Story. That Story Can Be An Improbable One, But It Should Never Be Banal. It Must Be Dramatic And Human. What Is Drama, After All, But Life With The Dull Bits Cut Out?

Never Turn Your Back On A Friend.

Blondes Make The Best Victims. They're Like Virgin Snow That Shows Up The Bloody Footprints.