I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own. Terry Southern More Quotes by Terry Southern More Quotes From Terry Southern The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. Terry Southern importantcapacitywriting I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing. Terry Southern astonishingattackingnot-interested There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat Terry Southern throatearthmen 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 something. For people to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can't print that. Terry Southern acceptancewritingpeople An angel has no memory. Terry Southern no-memoryangelmemories 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 creditfilmdirectors You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way. Terry Southern girlboysworld An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless violence, materialistic obsession, intolerance, and every form of hypocrisy. Terry Southern abusehypocrisyhero In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. Terry Southern lack-of-controldifficultyfilm 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 united-statesbelievefirsts After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector. Terry Southern collectorsadaptation Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values. Terry Southern beardlongpeople Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries. Terry Southern gdpcountryworld Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party. Terry Southern partytogetherrivers I like to work at night. Terry Southern night The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on. Terry Southern underratedloved-onesfilm In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book. Terry Southern loved-onescasesbook It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda. Terry Southern janegood-experiencesroger I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers. Terry Southern metsalbumsstones When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian. Terry Southern damage-controlmagicchristian
