Ira Levin

Ira Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and songwriter.

Quotes
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...
 * "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)

 * 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)

 * Someday, he thought, I would like to meet a monster who looked like a monster.

Quotes about Ira Levin

 * [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)