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# David Leslie Johnson

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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television. He has written the screenplays for the films Orphan (2009), Wrath of the Titans (2012), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and its sequels The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) and The Conjuring: Last Rites

##  Quotes by David Leslie Johnson

> [In college, one of my favorite classes was a six-week class watching horror movies. 'The Bad Seed' was one of them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leslie-johnson/in-college-one-of-my-favorite-classes-was-a-six-week-class-watching/)

[David Leslie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leslie-johnson/)

[Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/david-leslie-johnson-69949_bad_in-college-one-of-my-favorite-classes-wa_61560.jpg)

> [I'm from Ohio, and I wasn't one of those kids who grew up making movies or whatever, but I always wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leslie-johnson/i-m-from-ohio-and-i-wasn-t-one-of-those-kids-who-grew-up-making/)

[David Leslie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leslie-johnson/)

[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/david-leslie-johnson-69949_always_i-m-from-ohio-and-i-wasn-t-one-of-those_659989.jpg)

> [Action is my first love. When I first started writing, my favorite movies were 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Aliens', and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leslie-johnson/action-is-my-first-love-when-i-first-started-writing-my-favorite/)

[David Leslie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leslie-johnson/)

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/david-leslie-johnson-69949_action_action-is-my-first-love-when-i-first-sta_660454.jpg)

> [I started off writing kind of big summer, blockbustery kinds of movies, but at that time, I had no name, nobody knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leslie-johnson/i-started-off-writing-kind-of-big-summer-blockbustery-kinds-of-movies/)

[David Leslie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leslie-johnson/)

[Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/david-leslie-johnson-69949_big_i-started-off-writing-kind-of-big-summer_1805353.jpg)

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