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

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

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

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.

Down is up, up is down. Good is Wicked, Wicked is Good. The times are changing. This is what Oz has come to.

Fame is such a waste. It can't even be recycled.

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!

When Clinton said he was going to create 8 million new jobs, I didn't think they were all going to be tax collectors.

It means everything for me to serve as the CEO of a convention.

I think positively, you can't harm me mentally, not physically, not spiritually, you'll never get rid of me.

I can't help thousands, I can help only the one who stands before me.

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

To face life without hope can mean to live without despair.

I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.