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Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
Cinematographer
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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