Detectives Quote by William Peter Blatty

I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day…

— James Patterson

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of…

— William Peter Blatty

Every man that ever lived craved perfect happiness, the detective poignantly reflected. But how can we have it when we know we’re going to…

— William Peter Blatty

I very much believe in things unseen, both of positive and destructive energy, and I have never seen The Exorcist through from start to…

— Ashley Judd

I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.

— William Friedkin

“I'm not a human or a demon anymore. In which case.. I'll have to be an Exorcist!”

— Kazue Kato

“Thanks for that." I let go of the chain-link with one hand to gesture at the degenerate below. Then I climbed faster and threw…

— Rachel Vincent

From an early age I loved horror movies. I read books about horror, cops, firemen and military. Over the course of the years I…

— Ralph Sarchie

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

— Frank Darabont

The only movie that ever really scared me was The Exorcist,but even then, I was laughing part of the time.

— Margot Kidder

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were big movies for me. They were just brilliantly done,…

— Lawrence Kasdan

I went with an exorcist for a bit. I just want to know really practical things, like how do you hold someone possessed by…

— Keanu Reeves