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
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.
The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.
When I was young, some women told me they loved me for my long eyelashes. I accepted. Later it was for my wit. Then for my power and money. Then for my talent. Then for my mind-deep. OK, I can handle all of it. The only woman who scares me is the one who loves me for myself alone. I have plans for her. I have poisons and daggers and dark graves in caves to hide her head. She can't be allowed to live. Especially if she's sexually faithful and never lies and always puts me ahead of everything and everyone.
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)
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.
Take the gun. Leave the cannoli.
ِAn offer you can't refuse