In connection with "Your boss is dead":

"NOTE TO ME: There is a lot of people reacting to bad news in this filem (sic), i.e., that someone they love is in danger or already dead. This is tough. Think about it, AND BE PREPARED, FRANCIS."

When we find out Fredo is in shock: "Freddie always left out, even before he's in shock!" I don't think that's exactly true, but Coppola's groping for something to do with him.

As Clemenza is washing his car, Coppola describes him as "a small man."

All of these seem to predate the first draft of the script: wooden bumpers, Clemenza making the sauce, "sleeps with the fishes." I think that's really impressive.