Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo
Mario Gianluigi Puzowas an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably The Godfather, which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film. His last novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 October 1920
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
She emptied her mind of all thought of herself, of her children, of all anger, of all rebellion, of all questions. Then with a profound and deeply willed desire to believe, to be heard, as she had done every day since the murder of Carlo Rizzi, she said the necessary prayers for the soul of Michael Corleone.
Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread
I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.
The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.
A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse (The Godfather)
It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if then.
Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the family...
Every man has but one destiny" Veto Corleone
You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.
I will make you an offer you cannot refuse
No, that's not possible," Michael said. "Killed, yes; jail, no.
Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.