Terry Southern Quotes
- An angel has no memory.
- There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat
- Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.
- 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…
- You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.
- The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
- In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.
- I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.
- Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.
- Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.
- I like to work at night.
- When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.
- Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.
- After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.
- For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.
- I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.
- I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.
- In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book.
- It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.
- The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on.