One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys.

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.

When people talk to me about the digital divide, I think of it not so much about who has access to what technology as about who knows how to create and express themselves in the new language of the screen. If students aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read and write?

I thought it was too wacky for the general public. On his original opinion of his movie's chances for success, 1997.

Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that's how success is measured.

If I had time and a hammer, I'd track down every bootleg copy and smash it.

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.