Terry Southern Quotations

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

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

I like to work at night.

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

I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.

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

An angel has no memory.

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

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.

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