The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
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
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.
An angel has no memory. - Terry Southern
An angel has no memory.
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
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…
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'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing. - Terry Southern
I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing.
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.
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.
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