There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness.

Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.

Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere.

I'm a student of violence because I'm a student of the human heart.

I regard everything with irony, including the face I see in the mirror when I wake up in the morning.

The western is a universal frame within which it's possible to comment on today.

I made a film where nobody got shot and nobody went to see it.

Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.

All I want is to enter my house justified.

The end of a picture is always an end of a life.

I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns.

You need to be doing fewer things for effect instead of doing more things with side effects

This is what they mean by epiphanies. I am almost thinking in exclamation points.

Many times I can see a solution to something differently and quicker than other people. I see the end zone and say 'This is where I want to go.'

I tend to pull nuggets out of many books - rather than having a handful of books that serve as guiding lights.

If you're good enough, you're old enough.

When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

Strike with the soul, and you will never miss.

No great inner event befalls those who summon it not

Time is weird in your twenties. It's intense, and you feel like it's running out. But you'll get to thirty and see you are still here on the planet.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.