Album covers Quotes by Terry Southern

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

— Terry Southern

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

— Terry Southern

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat

— 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

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

— Terry Southern

I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing.

— Terry Southern

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

— Terry Southern

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

— Terry Southern

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

— Terry Southern

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

— Terry Southern

Blue Movie was based on an idea that Stanley Kubrick had. Somebody came by one day with some porn footage.

— 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…

— Terry Southern