George Lucas

“I started out in anthropology, so to me how society works, how people put themselves together and make things work, has always been a big interest.”

“You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.”

“Good luck has its storms.”

“I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot.”

“Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.”

“I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.”

“Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media.”

“The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it's told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.”

“No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”

“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.”

“The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.”

“'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.”

“I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college.”

“A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.”

“It's hard work making movies. It's like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it's emotional, tense work. If you don't really love it, then it ain't worth it.”

“מעולם לא עניין אותי להיות עוצמתי או מפורסם. אבל ברגע שהגעתי לבית ספר לקולנוע ולמדתי על סרטים, פשוט התאהבתי בזה. לא היה אכפת לי איזה סרטים עשיתי.”

“אני אפילו לא יכול להתחיל לספר לכם עד כמה השפיע דיסני עליי.”

“אם אתה יכול להתאים לחיי הפנטזיה של ילדה בת 11, אתה יכול להרוויח הון בעסק הזה.”

“לעשות סרט זה כמו לכבות אש עם מסננת. יש כל כך הרבה אלמנטים וזה מסתבך כל כך.”

“אפקט מיוחד הוא כלי, אמצעי לספר סיפור. אפקט מיוחד ללא סיפור הוא דבר די משעמם.”