I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

Fortune favors the prepared.

I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.