I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. - "Francis Ford Coppola"

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

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It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.
- Francis Ford Coppola
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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