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Terry Southern

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An angel has no memory.


— Terry Southern


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


— Terry Southern


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


— Terry Southern


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


— Terry Southern


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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.


— Terry Southern


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


— Terry Southern


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


— Terry Southern


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I like to work at night.


— Terry Southern


#like #night #work

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.


— Terry Southern


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


— Terry Southern


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About Terry Southern






Did you know about Terry Southern?

He became close friends with Mason Hoffenberg (with whom he subsequently co-wrote the novel Candy) Alexander Trocchi John Marquand Mordecai Richler Aram Avakian (filmmaker photographer and brother of Columbia Records jazz producer George Avakian) and jazz musician and motorsport enthusiast Allen Eager. The first major magazine interview with Southern conducted by Elaine Dundy was publiTerry Southernd in UK Harper's Bazaar in August 1958. He frequented renowned jazz venues like the Five Spot the San Remo and the Village Vanguard.

Terry Southern (1 May 1924 – 29 October 1995) was an American author essayist screenwriter and university lecturer noted for his distinctive satirical style. He is credited by journalist Tom Wolfe as having invented New Journalism with the publication of "Twirling at Ole Miss" in Esquire in 1962 and his gift for writing memorable film dialogue was evident in Dr. Strangelove The Loved One The Cincinnati Kid Easy Rider and The Magic Christian.

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