I Was Raised As A Catholic, But

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.

The Essence Of Cinema Is Editing.

The Photographer And The Director Are Where Reality And Fantasy Meet.

I Think Cinema, Movies, And Magic Have Always Been Closely Associated. The Very Earliest People Who Made Film Were Magicians.

I Had A Number Of Very Strong Personalities In My Family. My Father Was A Concert Flutist, The Solo Flute For Toscanini.