I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making. Sofia Coppola More Quotes by Sofia Coppola More Quotes From Sofia Coppola 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. Sofia Coppola missing-someone running life When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like. Sofia Coppola motivational inspirational world I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue. Sofia Coppola explaining stories way I think being mediocre and in the middle would be the worst. It's more interesting to get strong reactions, and to have the mixture of people who get it and the people who don't get it. And to invite a dialogue. Sofia Coppola strong people thinking My movies are not about being, but becoming. Sofia Coppola becoming The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever Sofia Coppola connections forever might It's about moments in life that are great but don't last. They don't go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That's what I was thinking about. Sofia Coppola goes-on memories thinking I feel like the internet has encouraged people to look into things and try to find issuesthat because people have a lot of opinions. I think it's really important to encourage artistic freedom. I think if you inhibit that, that could be dangerous. Sofia Coppola important people thinking Forget the audience, make what you want to see Sofia Coppola what-you-want want forget It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already. Sofia Coppola difficulty ends trying I really wanted to emphasize the idea of the women being isolated and abandoned . . . and they weren't raised to take care of themselves, so they had to learn to survive. Sofia Coppola abandoned take-care care You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that. Sofia Coppola loud want people Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see. Sofia Coppola imagine trying way I'm always a sucker for a love story. Sofia Coppola sucker love-story stories I just remember seventh grade as being really difficult, because there's nothing meaner than a girl at that age. You gang up on people, and it's traumatic. It wasn't so bad for me, but there's a woman I know who's still traumatized by junior high. At that age, everything seems like a huge deal, but of course that changes when you get older. Sofia Coppola being-real girl people For everyone, there are those moments when you have great days with someone you wouldn't expect to. Then you have to go back to your real lives, but it makes an impression on you. Sofia Coppola have-a-great-day moments real 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. Sofia Coppola distance imagination use I never get myself in a situation where I don't have creative freedom. Sofia Coppola creative-freedom situation creative Making films is like making stuff together as kids. Sofia Coppola together stuff kids I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much. Sofia Coppola trying directors thinking