I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.

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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.

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This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

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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.

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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

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

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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

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