Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The Conversation' it was privacy. In 'Apocalypse' it was morality.

I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.