451 Quotes by George Lucas

After you’ve done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, “Oh well, we don’t want you anymore.”

My 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.

It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.

I’m not in a contest. I make movies. I’m not a racehorse...

I’m here, and every day now is an extra day. I’ve been given an extra day so I’ve got to make the most of it.

I like to say that films are never finished, they’re only abandoned.

Success is a very difficult thing. It’s much more difficult than one might think.

No film ever ends up exactly as you would like it to, but with minor exceptions, THX came out pretty much as I had visualized it, thanks to some excellent assistance – and a whole lot of luck.

The script is what you’ve dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with.