I’m a student of violence because I’m a student of the human heart. Sam Peckinpah
…the outlaws of the old West have always fascinated me…I suppose I’m a bit of an outlaw myself. Sam Peckinpah
The end of a picture is always an end of a life. Sam Peckinpah
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. Sam Peckinpah
The Western is a universal frame within which it’s possible to comment on today. Sam Peckinpah