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."

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

We seemed to be drifting as a society - losing touch with the basic concepts of right and wrong.

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.

You need peers; you need people who are at the same level you are. You never know in life when you're going to need help, and you never know who you're going to need it from.

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."