English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

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

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Mitch Albom quote: "Love has to end, love doesn't."
Love has to end, love doesn't. Mitch Albom
In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? Jessamyn West
It is true that I create over and over again the same difficulties for myself in order to struggle over and over again to master them [but] to continually struggle against the same problem and to continually fail to dominate it brings a feeling of frustration and a kind of paralysis. What is necessary to life, to livingness, is to move on, in other words to move from one kind of problem to another. Anais Nin
Peter Ustinov quote: "Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many..."
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. Peter Ustinov
Steve Brown quote: "It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands..."
It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail. Steve Brown
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the..."
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. Napoleon Bonaparte
We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice. Bev Perdue
The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego. Northrop Frye
John McGraw quote: "The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants."
The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants. John McGraw
John Updike quote: "Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an..."
Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. John Updike
Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group. Jim McKay
John Adams quote: "The only think most people do better than anyone else is read..."
The only think most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting. John Adams
Isaac Watts quote: "Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still."
Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. Isaac Watts
L. M. Montgomery quote: "Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't..."
Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels. L. M. Montgomery
Charlotte Bronte quote: "The spring which moved my energies lay far away beyond seas,..."
The spring which moved my energies lay far away beyond seas, in an Indian isle. Charlotte Bronte