One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.

Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch.

I would think somebody like Jane Fonda and her idiot husband would be terribly ashamed and saddened that they were a part of causing us to stop helping the South Vietnamese. Now look what's happening. They're getting killed by the millions. Murdered by the millions. How the hell can she and her husband sleep at night?

I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.

My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty, then I'll stick one in.

Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.