If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.

'Godfather' was very classical, the way it was shot, the style, the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

Death is what makes life an event.