Luke, there is no try, there is either do or not do.

Star Wars,

When I started to write it, it got to be too big, it got to be 250, 300 pages, … I said, well, I can’t do this. The studio will never allow this. I will...

Although I write screenplays, I don’t think I’m a very good writer.

We’re a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we’ll never be stopped.

In this film, you begin to see that he has a fear of losing things, a fear of losing his mother, and as a result, he wants to begin to control things, he wants to...

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

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.

It’s animated, … It’s about the Clone Wars. It’s got all our characters fighting the dreaded Federation. And at the same time I’m working on ‘Indiana Jones’ and I’m working on a film called, ‘Red...

Star Wars’ is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. Its what they want.

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.

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

My life is too short to become a film studio.

I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of...

We’re very excited about the opening of the new studio,

It’s all being buried with me, … All copies of the two trilogies will be brought to my gravesite within one month of my death and laid to rest with me.

Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.

Named must your fear be, before banish it you can.

There were things I could have done then, I just didn’t have the time and money to do it.

You know, this was written a long time ago and it was based on history. All of Star Wars was reasonably political. It’s just that most people didn’t notice it until this episode was put...

The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.

Now that we have digital technology, we can actually do a shot like this, which we struggled and struggled and struggled with back in the old days. So this was a way to make our...

After that only the VHS and DVD copies that people have purchased will be left, … That’s not a problem, as each VHS copy has been encrypted to write commands to any VCR that tries...

Film is not an easy occupation. There’s a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.

Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.

The costumes have a tendency to appear on the screen in a very short amount of time. It’s very hard to see the detail and the thousands of hours of work that go into each...

Kurosawa was one of film’s true greats, … His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed appropriate to name the new digital studio for him.

I thought it [Star Wars] was too wacky for the general public.

That way, we built this more interesting character.

It echoes what is about to occur with Anakin.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

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

The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.

Kurosawa was one of film’s true greats. His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed appropriate to name the new digital studio for him.

The Empire strikes back.

This is the first group I could come to that didn’t ask me what digital arts are,

This is huge for a guy like me that’s trying to get my career off the ground – to be able to open for Brooks & Dunn – the duo of the millennium – is...

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.

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

I was very lucky that we were able to create something that stimulated the imagination of young people,

Martin Luther King Jr. has inspired millions of people, and this memorial will ensure that his message endures for generations to come.

I’m not in a contest. I make movies. I’m not a racehorse,

[He also spoke about his strong interest in Television saying,] My life is too short to become a film studio, … TV is an easier medium to work in. It’s more fun. There’s not as...

Football games are on TV, and it doesn’t affect stadium attendance at all. It’s the same with the movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go...

‘Star Wars’ is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It’s what they want.

You know, they had supply problems and union disputes and a few design problem to work out. So it took longer than you would think, even for The Empire.

I got the licensing rights because I figured they wouldn’t promote the film and if I got posters and T-shirts and things out there with the name of the film on them it would help...

Star Wars, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

I’m lucky enough that there is never a blank canvas in front of me, … I have hundreds of projects that I want to do but I am running out of time.