William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blattyis an American writer and filmmaker. The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his most well-known novel; he also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, for which he won an Academy Award, and wrote and directed the sequel The Exorcist III...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 January 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
William Peter Blatty quotes about
camouflage fancy facts
But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.
children war earth
Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.
life revenge circles
We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.
personality mind use
We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality," but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all.
police stories detectives
I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural.
nice feelings definitions
Would you like to hear a nice definition of jealousy? It's the feeling that you get when someone you absolutely detest is having a wonderful time without you.
home places-to-go exorcism
You don't blame us for being here, do you? After all, we have no place to go. No home... Incidentally, what an excellent day for an exorcism...
father devil doe
God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.
memories writing careers
And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.
directors unnoticed unconscious
I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.
morning night endless
What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night
littles doe horror
Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current
house haunting hills
I didn't read The Haunting of Hill House until sometime early in the 1990's.
house four steps
I lived in Georgetown in the late 70s about four houses down from the steps.