Ira Levin
American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)
Ira Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and songwriter.
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Quotes
edit- He touched me...
Control myself and try to act
As if I remember my name
But he touched me...he touched me...
And suddenly nothing is the same!- "He touched me", song lyric from Drat! The Cat! (1965)
- I feel guilty that Rosemary's Baby led to The Exorcist, The Omen [...] A whole generation has been exposed, has more belief in Satan. I don't believe in Satan. And I feel that the strong fundamentalism we have would not be as strong if there hadn't been so many of these books. Of course, [...] I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
- Interviewed by Mary McNamara "The Art of Darkness" Los Angeles Times (September 22, 2002)
- Unlike the films Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976) is not based on a pre-existing work.
Rosemary's Baby (novel, 1967)
edit- Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford had become available.
- Opening words.
- Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveller.
The Boys from Brazil (novel, 1976)
edit- Someday, he thought, I would like to meet a monster who looked like a monster.
Quotes about Ira Levin
edit- [Levin] is the Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel; in terms of plot, he makes what the rest of us do look like those five-dollar watches you can buy in the discount drugstores.
- Stephen King, Danse Macabre (1981)
