"I think ancient cultures incorporated death into the experience of life in a more natural way than we have done. In our obsessive focus on youth, on celebrity, our denial of death makes it harder for people who are grieving to find a place for that grief." — Edward Hirsch, American poet, born 1950
"The elegy does the work of mourning; it allows us to experience mortality. It turns loss into remembrance, and it delivers an inheritance." — Edward Hirsch, American poet, born 1950
"Daydreaming is one of the key sources of poetry - a poem often starts as a daydream that finds its way into language." — Edward Hirsch, American poet, born 1950
"The job of poetry is not to shine a light which causes darkness to diminish or vanish; it is to bring even darkness into visibility." — Jane Hirshfield, American poet, born 1953
"There is a door. It opens. Then it is closed. But a slip of light stays, like a scrap of unreadable paper left on the floor, or the one red leaf the snow releases in March." — Jane Hirshfield, American poet, born 1953
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899
"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899
"The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899
"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899
"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899
"If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899
"The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say." — Alfred Hitchcock, English-American film director, born 1899