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Terry Southern's Profile

Brief about Terry Southern: By info that we know Terry Southern was born at 1924-05-01. And also Terry Southern is American Writer.

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The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

Tags: Capacity, Word, Writing

An angel has no memory.

Tags: Angel, Memory

I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal.

Tags: Degree, Despair, Universal

You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.

Tags: Boy, End, Girl

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

Tags: After, Started, Work

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

Tags: Director, Producer, Writing

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

Tags: Countries, Nations, Third

I like to work at night.

Tags: Night, Work

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

Tags: Cincinnati, Kid, Met

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

Tags: Album, Beatles, Time

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.

Tags: Control, Film, Sense

In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book.

Tags: Book, Case, Loved

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.

Tags: Experience, Good, Working

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

Tags: Control, Material

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.

Tags: Known, Time, Values

Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.

Tags: Party, Sometimes, Together

The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on.

Tags: Film, Loved, Worked

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

Tags: Christian, Control, Time

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.

Tags: Black, Give, Thought

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.

Tags: Best, Studio, Writing
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