The Best Lester Cowens Quotes

[about the black passenger]
Lester: I didn't kill him, I only shot him in the ass.
Anderson: We know that. He was already dead when you put your slug in him. But your buddy sees it differently. He says it like YOU killed the kid. Now either you go on the record with us right now, or it'll be YOUR ass we're talking about, not just the black kid's!

Clayton: Alright, I just want to know one thing. Who the hell called this meeting?
Sheriff: We thought you did.
Lester: You mean you didn't set this up?
Clayton: Of this group? Are you stupid?

Lester: [after the three civil rights workers are killed] You only left me a nigger, but at least I shot me a nigger.