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

I like to work at night.
Terry Southern

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

An angel has no memory.
Terry Southern

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

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

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

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