American - Writer | May 1, 1924 - October 29, 1995
I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal.
Terry Southern
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An angel has no memory.
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The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
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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.
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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.
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When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.
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You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.
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The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on.
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After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.
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Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.
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I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.
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It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.
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