Ira Levin

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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