The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.
— George Lucas
If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office.
Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.
Even in high school I was very interested in history - why people do the things they do. As a kid I spent a lot of time trying to relate the past to the present.
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.
Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.
A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.
Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.
Good luck has its storms.
Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.
To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again?
'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.
Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.
