Quotes from Sofia Coppola

With writing, I need a lot of time to sit around and do nothing. But now that I have kids, I just don't have that luxury. I have a babysitter for three hours a day, which is how long I have to write.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

I had a teacher when I was in college, and he was the first person who liked my photos and said, 'The way you look at girls is your own way of seeing.' He was the first person who really gave me the confidence to try something.

I always remember my dad saying, "No one makes a remake unless they are trying to make money; there is no reason for it." It was not an honorable thing to do.

I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.

I just try to do what I'm interested in and hope that some people will connect.

It's always more intriguing to imagine what's happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

I work with my brother a lot, and we don't fight - probably because it's not two girls. And he's six years older. But I have daughters who are three years apart, and they fight all the time.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

Whenever I finish a movie, I usually go through a period where I think I'll never have another idea. And then, somehow, you get another idea.

My mom is very calm and quiet, so I think I got that from her. Because my dad is passionate and loud... It was always interesting, and I really enjoyed that my parents always included us in their lives.

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.

I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

My father is so in love with making movies, and he'sso charismatic about it, that it's hard to be around him withoutwanting to make movies.

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor.

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever

It's always more intriguing to imagine what's happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

The more you know who you are and what you want, the less let things upset you

It's about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don't say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

That's the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion, but I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity.