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Top 25 Terry Southern Quotes (2025 Update)

Terry Southern Quote: “An angel has no memory.”

1. “An angel has no memory.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless violence, materialistic obsession, intolerance, and every form of hypocrisy.”

2. “An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless violence, materialistic obsession, intolerance, and every form of hypocrisy.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “There is no power on earth that can loosen a man’s grip on his own throat.”

3. “There is no power on earth that can loosen a man’s grip on his own throat.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “Good Grief,” cried Candy, in a very odd voice, “it’s Daddy!” pushing her hands violently against the gardener’s chest. “It’s Daddy!”

4. “Good Grief,” cried Candy, in a very odd voice, “it’s Daddy!” pushing her hands violently against the gardener’s chest. “It’s Daddy!”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “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.”

5. “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

Terry Southern Quote: “I like to work at night.”

6. “I like to work at night.”

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Terry Southern Quote: “Peter Beard is one of those people I’ve known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “The Loved One has been the most underrated film I’ve worked on.”

8. “The Loved One has been the most underrated film I’ve worked on.”

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Terry Southern Quote: “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.”

9. “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

Terry Southern Quote: “It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “You can’t do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.”

12. “You can’t do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “Mr. Christian gave his exasperation-sigh and went on with his peach salad, unable to keep his fork from shaking a little, but managing, with certain effort, not to drive it suddenly into his chest.”

13. “Mr. Christian gave his exasperation-sigh and went on with his peach salad, unable to keep his fork from shaking a little, but managing, with certain effort, not to drive it suddenly into his chest.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.”

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

— Terry Southern

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

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “I’m not interested in attacking, I’m interested in astonishing.”

19. “I’m not interested in attacking, I’m interested in astonishing.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “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 to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can’t print that.”

21. “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 to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can’t print that.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.”

23. “I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.”

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.”

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

— Terry Southern

Terry Southern Quote: “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.”

27. “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

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