William Peter Blatty Quotes

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.

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.

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.

The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack is psychological, Damien. And powerful.

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's when I watch my movies

I didn't read The Haunting of Hill House until sometime early in the 1990's.

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

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.

Procrastination is what we often call 'resistance.

I tried to make every bit of it as creepy as I could. And I had the same response you do. I feel the same way. The hospital scenes, that procedure was so real.

I lived in Georgetown in the late 70s about four houses down from the steps.

Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God.

As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.

When the filter is weakened by a powerful drug, what we see is not delusion but the truth.

Your thoughts are too dull to entertain.

I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.

Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current

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.

The terror drifted over georgetown like the sun over a blind mans eyes

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.

The child was slender as fleeting hope.

Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?

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.

But if all of the evil in the world makes you think that there might be a devil, Chris, how do you account for all the good?

Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening.

Something unspeakable left the room.

Good writing is rhythm.