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
Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the family...
Falling in love is great but being in love is a disaster
You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.
Love is like the little red toy wagon you get for your Christmas or your sixth birthday. It makes you deliriously happy and you just can't leave it alone. But sooner or later the wheels come off. Then you leave it in a corner and forget it. Falling in love is great. Being in love is a disaster
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.
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.
Take the gun. Leave the cannoli.