American Quote by Fred Hechinger

There is nothing more American than brutal violence. The country was built on it, revels in it and shows every evidence of clinging to…

— Bob Herbert

I can tell you countless instances of this country's history of brutality, of inequity, of heartlessness. But if I do that without also talking…

— Wes Moore

I've always thought of the western as American storytelling at its best.

— Kiefer Sutherland

The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.

— Herman Melville

Christian nation mythologists pump themselves up with narratives of American exceptionalism and Christian domination. But sooner or later even their most devoted followers should…

— Sarah Posner

All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was.

— W. Earl Brown

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as…

— Kevin Costner

Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and we like…

— Norah Vincent

Its a strange thing because the West is rooted in a very harsh reality of hard living and scratching out a life for yourself,…

— Colter Wall

America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This…

— Don DeLillo

I've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the good guys…

— Harry Dean Stanton

I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West.

— Philipp Meyer