And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

With forty years to think about it a few little changes were inevitable -- plus one new character in a totally new very spooky scene. A short critical essay on Blatty's work can be found in S. This is the version I would like to be remembered for.

He is also featured in the upcoming 2013 Smoke And Mirrors anthology featuring the teleplay "Hell Hospital" and the treatment "Faith". The novel The Exorcist written in 1971 is his magnum opus; he also penned the subsequent screenplay version of the film for which he won an Academy Award.