Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

I have a lot of critics; we all know that.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

Never was a memorial yet erected that was not subject to criticism.

Whatever I do becomes controversial.

Everything I say, I expect backlash from it.

When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.

I am one of the most attacked persons.

People say I am against Darwin. That is ridiculous.

I am used to controversies.

If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.

There's backlash about everything I do.

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

I love being objected to. It worries me, but I love being objected to.

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.

I was assailed so bitterly that I hardly knew whether I was running for the Presidency or the penitentiary.

I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself.

We're definitely going to get some flak each and every day, whether it's social-media keyboard warriors, or people in person.

When you dig down and look at the people who are vocal in their criticism of me, it's a small number.

There are always more people to prove wrong.

You're always going to have your detractors.

In public life, criticism cannot be avoided completely.

If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.