Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Ira Levin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Ira Levin.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most popular works are the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970) and The Boys from Brazil (1976), as well as the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into successful films.

American - Novelist | Born: August 27, 1929

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I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.

Ira Levin

I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.

Ira Levin

Before that I wanted to be a magazine illustrator - I probably would have painted Gothic scenes.

Ira Levin

You're not going to get any true confessions out of me," she said. "I'm a Leo, and our thing is changing the subject.

Ira Levin

That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.

Ira Levin

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.

Ira Levin

Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler

Ira Levin

Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

Ira Levin

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Ira Levin

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