[This award is] meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
On receiving American Film Institute's 1979 Lifetime Achievement Award
As reported in Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews (University of California Press, 1997), p. 54: "First of all I wish to express my deep appreciation for this honor. It makes me feel very proud indeed. It is especially meaningful because it is presented by my fellow dealers in celluloid"