William Peter Blatty Quotes

Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current.

William Peter Blatty

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 7, 1928

Topics

MeKnowHorrorOldLittleInterest

I think wrestling is the one that presents theater for people who want to see some theater but don't necessarily have to dress up or be quiet while they're watching.

John Darnielle

DressPeopleThinkQuietWantSee

Mrs. Johnson was one of our most important First Ladies. Quietly but firmly, she advised LBJ on rhetoric, strategy, and personal relations and helped to dampen his volatile mood swings.

Michael Beschloss

StrategyImportantMoodPersonalShe

My writing is sort of 'Sidney Sheldon meets Anne Tyler.'

John Searles

WritingSortMeetsAnneTyler

Beautiful actors are learning what beautiful actresses like Charlize Theron discovered a while ago - that they get taken more seriously when they trash the same beauty that got them taken seriously to begin with.

Steve Erickson

LearningBeautyBeautifulSeriously

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

Stephen Ambrose

BusinessDoneProfessorsBig1930s

I want to go back to my country to help other girls. We need to support girls to see other possibilities for themselves, to have a vision for their own future.

Sonita Alizadeh

FutureVisionSupportHelpBackGo

It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.

Sidney Blumenthal

GrowthGovernmentYouFallCreate

My goal was always to get better roles, and in my case, performing on stage really led to great opportunities. My breakthrough came when I did Calder Willingham's 'End as a Man' on stage and was spotted by Max Arnow, who'd been the casting chief for Columbia.

Robert Vaughn

GreatManOpportunitiesEndBetter

Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'

Michael Scheuer

SisterYouSayCompanyUsedKeep

I think I've always been drawn to the second person. When I was growing up and playing with my friends, the usual way we interacted with imaginary worlds was as characters: a bench was 'your' boat, leaves on a lawn were the fins of sharks out to get 'you.'

Mohsin Hamid

Growing UpBoatThinkFriendsYou

My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country.

Minnie Pearl

HusbandCountryPilotFirstStarted

The home is the planet. Unless you're a Martian, you know, we're sharing the planet. And - and the emissions don't stop and CO2 doesn't stop with the border between France, Spain or between Canada and the United States.

Jose Angel Gurria

HomeBorderYouCanadaStopKnow

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