Quotes by William Peter Blatty

About William Peter Blatty:

William Peter Blatty is 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.
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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.

William Peter Blatty

I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.

William Peter Blatty

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

William Peter Blatty

I've been campaigning like anything for restoring these changes. For 27 years. I wrote a book about it, well, a portion of the book was devoted to these scenes and why they should have been in the movie.

William Peter Blatty

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

William Peter Blatty

Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Peter Blatty
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and filmmaker
  • BornJanuary 7, 1928
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Novelist; Writer