Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.
The one way the world hasn't changed: teaching is still the most important job.
But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.
It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.
You may make something you don't think is very important during your lifetime and it'll last for a thousand years.
Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
Time is more important to me than money.