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> [Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/peter-beard-is-one-of-those-people-i-ve-known-a-long-time-we-have-an/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

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## More by Terry Southern

> [It's frustrating not to have more control over your material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/it-s-frustrating-not-to-have-more-control-over-your-material/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/after-strangelove-i-also-started-work-on-an-adaptation-of-the/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/there-is-no-power-on-earth-that-can-loosen-a-man-s-grip-on-his-own/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/when-kubrick-decided-to-go-the-black-comedy-route-with-his-movie-he/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/when-i-finally-made-it-to-the-set-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-doing-damage/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/i-m-not-interested-in-attacking-i-m-interested-in-astonishing/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/i-met-claxton-on-the-set-of-the-cincinnati-kid/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/for-a-director-and-a-producer-to-be-named-on-the-writing-credits-is/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/grossing-out-dealt-with-the-western-nations-selling-arms-to-the-third/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/i-met-the-beatles-and-stones-at-the-same-time-because-michael-cooper/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [Blue Movie was based on an idea that Stanley Kubrick had. Somebody came by one day with some porn footage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/blue-movie-was-based-on-an-idea-that-stanley-kubrick-had-somebody/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/david-burnett-was-the-son-of-martha-foley-who-edited-the-best/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/i-think-the-degree-of-alienation-and-despair-is-more-universal/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/i-don-t-know-why-but-i-always-feel-a-kind-of-necessity-to-write/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

> [The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-southern/the-important-thing-in-writing-is-the-capacity-to-astonish-not-shock/)

[Terry Southern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-southern/)

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