The Price Is Right Can Really Get

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.

All I Want Is To Enter My House Justified.

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.

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.

The Western Is A Universal Frame Within Which It's Possible To Comment On Today.