William Peter Blatty

“Henri Bergson thought the principal function of the brain was to filter out most of reality so that we could focus on…

— William Peter Blatty

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

— William Peter Blatty

“Ah, well … at last I realized that God would never ask of me that which I know to be psychologically impossible;…

— William Peter Blatty

“We have familiar experience of the order, the constancy, the perpetual renovation of the material world which surrounds us. Frail and transitory…

— William Peter Blatty

“More rooted in logic was the silence of God. In the world there was evil and much of it resulted from doubt,…

— William Peter Blatty

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

— William Peter Blatty

Well, the research into it affected me. And the novel, it very much strengthened my faith.

— William Peter Blatty

The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack…

— William Peter Blatty

“Abruptly sagging, Chris stared at the floor. “Go ahead,” she said softly. “Do whatever you have to. Just make her well.” “May”

— William Peter Blatty

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

— William Peter Blatty

“Well, what’s wrong?” “I don’t know, Doc, I just can’t describe it! Please come over right away! Come now!”

— William Peter Blatty

“They Said, "what sign can you give us to see, so that we may believe you?" - John 6: 30 - 31…

— William Peter Blatty

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

— William Peter Blatty

“He thought of death in its infinite groanings, of Aztecs ripping out living hearts and of cancer and three-year-olds buried alive and…

— William Peter Blatty

“We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to wither; but we know that May is one day to have its…

— William Peter Blatty

I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story,…

— 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

“WHAT WE GIVE TO THE POOR IS WHAT WE TAKE WITH US WHEN WE DIE.”

— William Peter Blatty

“More rooted in logic was the silence of God. In the world there was evil and much of it resulted from doubt,…

— William Peter Blatty

“am speaking to the person inside of Regan now,” the psychiatrist said firmly. “If you are there, you too are hypnotized and…

— William Peter Blatty

“The psychiatrist motioned Klein to come over to him. “Let’s get her tranquilized,” he whispered. “Maybe I can talk to her.”

— William Peter Blatty

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

— William Peter Blatty

Your thoughts are too dull to entertain.

— William Peter Blatty

“smarting and smoke was hanging thick in the air while the ashtray on Karras’s desk was mounded high with ashes and the…

— 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