The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say.

— George Lucas

The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.

— George Lucas

The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.

— George Lucas

The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.

— George Lucas

The way I define 'intelligent design' is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we lived in, so we created stories about how things worked.

— George Lucas

To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again?

— George Lucas

We’re a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we’ll never be stopped.

— George Lucas

Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.

— George Lucas

Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

— George Lucas

You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

— George Lucas