Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.
GEORGE LUCASStorytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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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.
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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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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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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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But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
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Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.
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All democracies turn into dictatorships – but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.
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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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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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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes.
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I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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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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Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.
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