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

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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.

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All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
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Terry Southern

Terry Southern

Born: May 1, 1924
Died: October 29, 1995 (aged 71)
Bio: Terry Southern was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style.
Known for:
  1. Candy (1958)
  2. The Magic Christian (1959)
  3. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes (1967)
  4. Flash and filigree (1958)
  5. Now dig this

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