I Probably Have Genius. But No Talent.

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.

I Have Much To Learn From My Daughter Sofia. Her Minimalism Exposes My Limitations: I'm Too Instinctive And Operatic, I Put Too Much Heart Into My Work, I Get Lost Sometimes In Bizarre Things - It's My Italian Heritage.

The Essence Of Cinema Is Editing. It's The Combination Of What Can Be Extraordinary Images Of People During Emotional Moments, Or Images In A General Sense, Put Together In A Kind Of Alchemy.

I Was Raised As A Catholic, But I Didn't Like The Catholic Church At All. I Thought The Nuns Were Mean.

I Bring To My Life A Certain Amount Of Mess.