I like the good feeling movies.

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

I'm a man without a corporation.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.