Ira Levin
Ira Levin
Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most noted works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying, Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, and The Boys from Brazil, as well as the play Deathtrap. Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 August 1929
CountryUnited States of America
travel suitcases tourists
Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler
nice real wife
That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.
confession said subjects
You're not going to get any true confessions out of me," she said. "I'm a Leo, and our thing is changing the subject.
royalty checks
I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
growing-up father thinking
I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.