Francis Ford Coppola Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Art, Sex, Children

• I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Proud

• They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Movie, Jobs, Writing

• I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Years, People

• 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.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Able, Asking

• I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Book, Writing, Wanted

• I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Jobs, Writing, Fiction

• I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Beautiful, Dream, Writing

• I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Men, Directors

  "Francis Ford Coppola on Lucas, an 'ambitious' new movie, and his box set". Interview with Solvej Schou, www.cnn.com. December 4, 2012.

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