The Godfather Notebook Quotes

“I loved it; I was living a dream.”
― Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Notebook

“The notebook was my anchor through all of it.”
― Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Notebook

“Upon that second reading, much of the book fell away in my mind, revealing a story that was a metaphor for American capitalism in the tale of a great king with three sons: the oldest was given his passion and aggressiveness, the second his sweet nature and childlike qualities, and the third his intelligence, cunning, and coldness.”
― Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Notebook

“But as they say, beggars can't be choosers; I was a young father of two children with a third on the way, and I was already in debt due to my dream of being an independent filmmaker of small art films. George Lucas, my young protégé and cofounder of our struggling company, American Zoetrope, emphatically told me: 'You have to accept this job; we have no money and the sheriff is coming to chain up the front door.' And so I accepted the offer to direct The Godfsther, which surprisingly had been turned down by the best directors of the time, including Elia Kazan- probably the best director of acting in the entire history of cinema.”
― Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Notebook