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.
GEORGE LUCASMy 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.
GEORGE LUCASBut having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
GEORGE LUCASYou simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
GEORGE LUCASLearning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
GEORGE LUCASOnce you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
GEORGE LUCASAll 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.
GEORGE LUCASIf America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
GEORGE LUCASI think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life – being a citizen, being part of humanity – to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.
GEORGE LUCASSuccess 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.
GEORGE LUCASEverybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
GEORGE LUCASYou need peers; you need people who are at the same level you are. You never know in life when you’re going to need help, and you never know who you’re going to need it from.
GEORGE LUCASI regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
GEORGE LUCASWe were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
GEORGE LUCASPart of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
GEORGE LUCASStar 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.
GEORGE LUCASMy success wasn’t based on how I could push down everybody that was around me. My success was based on how much I could push everybody up.
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