I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration for Hitchcock the filmmaker remains undiminished. He is a giant of the cinema and the darkness in him informs his cinematic language. You can't separate one from the other.
“Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.”
“The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.”