Terry Southern quotes

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. (Terry Southern)

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.

Terry Southern

An angel has no memory.

Terry Southern

You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.

Terry Southern

I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal.

Terry Southern

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

Terry Southern

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.

Terry Southern

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.

Terry Southern

In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book.

Terry Southern

When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.

Terry Southern

Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States. (Terry Southern)

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.

Terry Southern

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

Terry Southern

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.

Terry Southern

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

Terry Southern

Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.

Terry Southern

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.

Terry Southern

I like to work at night.

Terry Southern

Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.

Terry Southern

It's often the case with directors that they don't like to share credit, which is the case of Stanley. He would prefer just A Film By Stanley Kubrick including music and everything.

Terry Southern

The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on. (Terry Southern)

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

Terry Southern

It's frustrating not to have more control over your material.

Terry Southern

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 1, 1924
Died: October 29, 1995
Quotes count: 23

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