Sometimes people are surprised to learn that most of the films I've made don't work. They've been released but nobody has ever seen them. Maybe 40 percent of them are very successful. That's a very high percentage; most people have maybe 10 or 15 percent of their films work.

I thought it [Star Wars] was too wacky for the general public. Right or wrong this is my movie, this is my decision, and this is my creative vision, and if people don't like it, they don't have to see it.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

Star Wars is a saga of Good vs. Evil, divided into nine parts.

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but as an academic I don't think I would have been too successful.

I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.

Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.