The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.

Han Solo: Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her.

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.

You don't see the struggle part of a person's life. You only see the success they have.

There's nothing worse than the frustration of having somebody who you feel doesn't get what you're doing, trying to turn it into something else. It's a very, very annoying and sort of frustrating thing and I just never wanted to go through it. I was very fortunate as I came up through the film business that I was able to insulate myself from that.