China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
Sam Peckinpah: Wilbur Olsen
Quotes
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Clayton Drumm : What do you want?
Wilbur Olsen, Dime Novelist : To buy a little legend... the touch of pulchritude for the people back east... a piece of the American west they can believe in.
Clayton Drumm : You mean lie to them?
Wilbur Olsen, Dime Novelist : Of course. The lies they need - we all need.
Clayton Drumm : My life is not for sale.
Wilbur Olsen, Dime Novelist : Nonsense! It's only a question of who pays and when.
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Wilbur Olsen, Dime Novelist : I bring the west to the east. People say I write lies, but the truth is... it's dead... in a year or less.