I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.

I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it. A Fistful of Dollars was a great instinct for me, because here I was, a guy who's doing Rawhide.

You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours....And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

Libertarian: everyone leaves everyone else alone

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

Westerns. A period gone by, the pioneer, the loner operating by himself, without benefit of society. It usually has something to do with some sort of vengeance; he takes care of the vengeance himself, doesn't call the police. Like Robin Hood. It's the last masculine frontier. Romantic myth. I guess, though it's hard to think about anything romantic today. In a Western you can think, Jesus, there was a time when man was alone, on horseback, out there where man hasn't spoiled the land yet.