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Terry Southern

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


— Terry Southern


#beatles #because #cooper #covers #doing

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


— Terry Southern


#difficulty #film #lack #sense #superior

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


— Terry Southern


#case #collaborate #hired #i #loved

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


— Terry Southern


#fonda #good #jane #jane fonda #roger

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


— Terry Southern


#frustrating #material #more #over #your

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


#credit #directors #everything #film #including

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


— Terry Southern


#beard #certain #i #known #long

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


#attention #believe #came #first #got

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


— Terry Southern


#middle #out #party #river #several

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


— Terry Southern


#film #i #loved #most #underrated






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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