Don't avoid the cliches - they are cliches because they work!
'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
If I had time and a hammer, I'd track down every bootleg copy and smash it.
If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
[Star Wars is] designed primarily to make young people think about the mystery. Not to say, 'Here's the answer.' It's to say, 'Think about this for a second. Is there a God? What does God look like? What does God sound like? What does God feel like? How do we relate to God?'