Mario Puzo — Quotes from Author's Books

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.

It was general knowledge that these bodyguards knew karate, a fact that amused the other Dons but did not alarm them in the slightest, no more than if the California Dons had come wearing amulets blessed by the Pope.