John Cassady Quotes in Salvador (1986)

John Cassady: You gotta get close to get the truth. You get too close, you die.

John Cassady: They're not just shooting the Indians... they're shooting at us!

John Cassady: I got the shot! I got the shot!

John Cassady: I thought you were dead.

Richard Boyle: Dead? Why, do I look that bad?

John Cassady: Yes.

Richard Boyle: John! John! You crazy fucking stooge, you're not that magic!

John Cassady: Today I am, Boyle.

John Cassady: You know what made photographers like Robert Cappa great, Rich? They weren't after money, they captured the nobility of human suffering!

Richard Boyle: That was a great shot in Spain. The one flying through the air.

John Cassady: Yeah but it was more than just bodies, Rich. He got... why they died.