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 find that when you open on a group of people sitting down and talking, the scene sits down with them. The best antidote for that is an entrance. Begin the scene with someone entering, and somehow it’s more interesting.

I think girls who insult people are very attractive.

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

The western is the simplest form of drama - a gun, death.

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.

You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.