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

Fortune favors the prepared.

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.

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

I think girls who insult people are very attractive.

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

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.