“You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. ...” — Francis Ford Coppola Quote

“You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.”

“Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.”

“I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.”

“'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.”

“I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.”

“I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'”

“Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.”

“The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions.”

“Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.”

“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”

“A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.”

“There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.”