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. — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
The western is a universal frame within which it's possible to comment on today. — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists. — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
I regard everything with irony, including the face I see in the mirror when I wake up in the morning. — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war… — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns. — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
