![The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you just go out and try to make one by putting on boots and jumping on a horse and riding off... If you don't have the material, the characters and the things to overcome and conflicts that give life to drama, you don't have it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-story-for-the-western-genre-is-everything-whether-its-a-book-or-a-screenp.jpg)
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