If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels
William Peter Blatty's Own Story of the Exorcist
1999
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An authorized account of how William Peter Blatty came to write both the novel and the screenplay of The Exorcist. Excited by an article he read as a student, Blatty describes the work he put into researching his novel and the frustrations he encountered in turning the book into the screenplay. Blatty's fascination with the subject was born out of an interest in showing that the existence of God, in contemporary America, could be proved, as he says, If there were demons, then perhaps there were angels and probably God and a life everlasting. His research eventually led him to tracking down priests who had participated in actual exorcisms. In doing so, Batty gathered enough evidence to write a novel that incorporated many of his factual findings.
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William Peter Blatty
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William Peter Blatty was an American writer and filmmaker. He wrote the novel The Exorcist (1971) and the subsequent screenplay version for which he won an Academy Award. Born and raised in New York City, Blatty received his bachelor's degree in English from the Georgetown University in 1950, and his master's degree in English literature from the George Washington University in 1954. He also wrote and directed the sequel "The Exorcist III". Some of his other notable works are the novels Elsewhere (2009), Dimiter (2010) and Crazy (2010). Sourced from Wikipedia
