I Probably Have Genius. But No Talent.

You're In A Profession In Which Absolutely Everybody Is Telling You Their Opinion, Which Is Different. That's One Of The Reasons George Lucas Never Directed Again.

I Had A Heartbreaking Experience When I Was 9. I Always Wanted To Be A Guard. The Most Wonderful Girl In The World Was A Guard. When I Got Polio And Then Went Back To School, They Made Me A Guard. A Teacher Took Away My Guard Button.

I Have Always Credited The Writer Of The Original Material Above The Title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I Felt That I Didn't Have The Right To Francis Coppola's Anything Unless I Had Written The Story And The Screenplay.

If You're Not Allowed To Experiment Anymore For Fear Of Being Considered Self-indulgent Or Pretentious Or What Have You, Then Everyone's Going To Just Stick To The Rules - There's Not Going To Be Any Additional Ideas.

One Thing That I'm Sure Of Is The Real Pleasure Of Life - It's Not Being Known, It's Not Having Your Own Jet Plane, It's Not Having A Mansion The Pleasure Is To Learn Something