People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

The Force is really a way of feeling; it's a way of being with life. It really has nothing to do with weapons. The Force gives you the power to have extrasensory perception and to be able to see things and hear things, read minds and levitate things. It is said that certain creatures are born with a higher awareness of the Force than humans. Their brains are different; they have more midi-chlorians in their cells.

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.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.