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I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal.

- Terry Southern

Think, More, I Think, Alienation

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

Including, Which, Prefer, None

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.

- Terry Southern

Stories, Martha, Read, Burnett

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

- Terry Southern

Been, Most, Worked, Loved One

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

- Terry Southern

Book, Loved, Hired, Loved One

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

Believe, United, About, Novels

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

- Terry Southern

Kid, Set, Met, Cincinnati

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

- Terry Southern

Doing, Album, Same Time, Cooper

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

- Terry Southern

Writing, Director, Named, Credits

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

- Terry Southern

People, Values, Beard, Affinity

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

- Terry Southern

Working, Fonda, Jane Fonda, Roger

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

- Terry Southern

Thought, Give, Movie, Flavor

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

- Terry Southern

More, Over, Material, Frustrating

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

- Terry Southern

Nations, Third World, Exploiting

An angel has no memory.

- Terry Southern

Memory, Angel, No Memory

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

- Terry Southern

Important, Important Thing, Worn-Out

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

- Terry Southern

Middle, Could, Tied, River

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

- Terry Southern

End, World, Dramatic, Meets

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

- Terry Southern

Control, Sense, Superior, Difficulty

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

- Terry Southern

Studio, Very, Major, Contract

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

- Terry Southern

Work, Started, Also, Adaptation

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

- Terry Southern

Magic, Doing, Set, Damage

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