All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.

If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?

So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.

But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.

When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.