You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we can get it right."

- Rian Johnson

I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't conscio…

- Rian Johnson

There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you couldn't, if you were just…

- Rian Johnson

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!

- Rian Johnson

If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it.

- Rian Johnson

I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that yo…

- Rian Johnson

Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.

- Rian Johnson

It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.

- Rian Johnson

Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is,…

- Rian Johnson