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.
An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless … - Terry Southern
An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless …
- Terry Southern
There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat - Terry Southern
There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat
An angel has no memory. - Terry Southern
An angel has no memory.
In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. - Terry Southern
In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.
I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or something. For people t… - Terry Southern
I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or something. For people t…
I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing. - Terry Southern
I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing.
Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best. - Terry Southern
Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.
You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way. - Terry Southern
You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.
I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own. - Terry Southern
I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.
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