#mo

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You. ↗

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. ↗

This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#amount #certainly #deep #deep down #down

You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#cloud #england #everyone #grieving #mourning

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.' ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#character #comes #discuss #his #i

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#comes #dialogue #eyes #just #mouths

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#clear #clear idea #could #go #going

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#morality #religion #religious-extremism #religion

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#domestic #exquisite #homey #kitchen #kitchen table

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. ↗