The Western Is A Universal Frame Within

The Whole Underside Of Our Society Has Always Been Violence And Still Is. Churches, Laws - Everybody Seems To Think That Man Is A Noble Savage. But He's Only An Animal. A Meat-eating, Talking Animal. Recognize It. He Also Has Grace And Love And Beauty. But Don't Say To Me We're Not Violent.

I Created 'the Westerner' Because Of Anger - Anger At Never-miss Sheriffs, Always-right Marshalls, Whitewashed Gunfighters ... Anger At Tv's Quick-draw Tin Gods Who Stand Behind A Tin Star Or Ten Cents' Worth Of Righteous Anger And Justify Their Skill And Slaughter With A Self-conscious Grin Or A Minute's Worth Of Bad Philosophy.

Oh, I Find It Very Easy To Fall In Love.

I Regard Everything With Irony, Including The Face I See In The Mirror When I Wake Up In The Morning.

I Made A Film Where Nobody Got Shot And Nobody Went To See It.