In one of Mario Puzo's books, he has written “A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
True to his words, Puzo spent a lot of quality time with his beloved wife and children. He was an affectionate man.
The impression that one gets is that he has written all his books with an unexplainable personal touch. A teenager deprived of father's love seeks in through Don Corleone.
He sees his mother perform the role of a father and mother. In a preface to a new edition of his second novel, ''The Fortunate Pilgrim,'' Mr. Puzo said that his mother was the model for Don Corleone, the Godfather
''Whenever the Godfather opened his mouth,'' he wrote, ''in my own mind I heard the voice of my mother.''
