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When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.

- Francis Ford Coppola

Other quotes by Francis Ford Coppola


Science Care Job

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
Time Will Love

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

- Francis Ford Coppola
Money

We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane.

- Francis Ford Coppola
Thought World

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.

- Francis Ford Coppola
Work

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.

- Francis Ford Coppola
Successful

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

- Francis Ford Coppola

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