One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys. George Lucas More Quotes by George Lucas More Quotes From George Lucas My first six years in the business were hopeless. George Lucas success inspirational jobs Don't avoid the cliches - they are cliches because they work! George Lucas cliche I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public. George Lucas wacky stars war Each time I do a trilogy it's ten years out of my life. I'll finish Episode III and I'll be 60. And the next 20 years after that I want to spend doing something other than Star Wars. If at 80 I'm still lively and having a good time and think I can work for another 10 years between 80 and 90, I might consider it. But don't count on it. There's nothing written, and it's not like I'm completing something. I'd have to start from scratch. The idea of a third trilogy was more of a media thing than it was me. George Lucas stars war thinking Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using today's tools! Wake up!' George Lucas learning technology teaching When people talk to me about the digital divide, I think of it not so much about who has access to what technology as about who knows how to create and express themselves in the new language of the screen. If students aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read and write? George Lucas college writing thinking There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason. George Lucas life-is reason They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes George Lucas brokeback-mountain aces hero Time is more important to me than money. George Lucas important I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God's bidding. George Lucas struggle trying life We were always dreaming of how it was going to be. George Lucas inspiration dream life Follow your bliss. Do the thing where you sit down at 8 a.m. and then you realize you're hungry and you look up and it's 10 p.m. If you can find something you love that much, it doesn't matter what you do. George Lucas realizing matter looks You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you're going to go down George Lucas path letting-go past In the end, the most important thing to me is that I've raised three kids. I know that'll be the most important accomplishment of my life and it is the most easily obtainable, because all you have to do is pay attention. It is hard work and most people don't realize that's the real gift they are getting in terms of goals and success and accomplishments. George Lucas hard-work real kids When a movie comes out, I always go off on a beach so I miss all the craziness that goes on, all the hoopla, and the hype and the success, and how much it's making, or whether it's doing good or whether it's doing bad. I just miss it all. I don't talk to anybody, and a couple weeks later I come back and it's all over with. George Lucas hype couple beach A movie is never finished, only abandoned. George Lucas finished abandoned There are a lot of movies that are badly made that I love, and there are a lot of movies that are just beautifully made but I don't like them. And critics have a tendency - that's all they focus on, which is, "I like it. I don't like it. It's good. It's bad." George Lucas tendencies focus made The older you get, the less seriously you take criticism. I've gotten to a point now where I ignore it completely. It's just not relevant to me anymore. George Lucas relevant criticism Suddenly everything came together in one place. All my likes, everything I actually seemed to have talent for was right there. I said, "Hey, this is it. I can do this really well. I really love to do it." George Lucas hey likes together It took me three, four years, to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get people to give me a chance. Writing, struggling, with no money in the bank, working as an editor on the side. Working as a cameraman on the side. Getting little jobs, eking out a living. Trying to stay alive, and pushing a script that nobody wanted. George Lucas struggle writing jobs
