Quotes by George Lucas

• I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
• You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
• Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
• 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 secret to film is that it's an illusion.
• The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.
• 'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.
• 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.
• 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.
• He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue.
• Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.
• Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
• A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.
• Good luck has its storms.
• 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.
• Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
• Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.
• The world is full of magic, just waiting for our senses to awaken to it
• Do or do not, there is no try.
• Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
• Victory belongs to the patient.
• Do or do not, there is no try
• Don't count the days, make each day count.