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Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most noted works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying , Rosemary's Baby , The Stepford Wives , and The Boys from Brazil , as well as the play Deathtrap . Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. August 1929 – 12. November 2007

Works

Rosemary's Baby
The Boys from Brazil
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Famous Ira Levin Quotes

“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 book This Perfect Day

Source: This Perfect Day

“He touched me…
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!”

Ira Levin

Song: He touched me

“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 book Rosemary's Baby

Opening words.
Rosemary's Baby

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

Ira Levin book The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil (1976)

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