Terry Southern

An angel has no memory.

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

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I like to work at night.

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.