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Terry Southern

"Blue Movie was based on an idea that Stanley Kubrick had. Somebody came by one day with some porn footage."

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"Blue Movie was based on an idea that Stanley Kubrick had. Somebody came by one day with some porn footage."

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"On the whole, stories don't write themselves."

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"The first time I saw a mermaid in my dream, and she looked so real...THAT.'s fishy!!"

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"You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page."

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