The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous….

Surely there must be a better gift God could have given us than life?.

If there were a Mount Rushmore of American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they'd carve it from.

It began as this desire to do this science fiction movie about perhaps one of the last insects left that nobody's done anything on, which is the cock….

I don’t think television will ever be perfected until the viewer can press a button and cause whoever is on the screen’s head to explode..

Amazing products, cats. And real simple to manufacture..

Licorice is the liver of candy..

Living well and ripping your enemy's still-beating heart out with your bare hands is the best revenge..

You only live once and, usually, not even then..

Life is one big minefield, and the only place that isn't a minefield is the place they make the mines..

Nothing important has ever come out of San Francisco, Rice-a-Roni aside..

A Madagascar Hissing Roach chasing Jerry Lewis. That would be a really neat treat..

It's an end of the world I guess. I guess you'd currently call it disaster movie. But really they weren't disaster movies. They were more end of the ….

Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects..

It's very easy to make insects move. Because they do move mechanically without the rippling of flesh as you mentioned. They move more like real tinke….

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah..

Television doesn't want to admit it has those dreadful roach ads on anyway..

Working with Woody Allen is like filming Howard Hughes's will. It's a very mysterious and strange event. You never get a peek at the whole will..

Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy..