The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.
GEORGE LUCASI’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
More George Lucas Quotes
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Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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That had always been my purpose: to get people back in touch with what makes us so valuable as a human race.
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Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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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.
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My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I’ve got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head that I hope to get out before my time is up.
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Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that’s how success is measured.
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Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil… The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.
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Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.
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Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
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I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
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If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you’re going to go down
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Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
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We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
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It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.
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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other.
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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.
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It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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