Emotionally involving the audience is easy. Anybody can do it blindfolded: get a little kitten and have some guy wring its neck.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel.

I'm here, and every day now is an extra day. I've been given an extra day so I've got to make the most of it.

[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?'

Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using today's tools! Wake up!'

'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.