Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
George LucasRead
If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this business.
Interpretation
Understanding the imaginative world of children can lead to great success in creative fields.
George Lucas emphasizes the importance of connecting with the imaginative and whimsical perspective of children, particularly through the lens of an 11-year-old girl, as a key to success in the entertainment industry. By tapping into this youthful sense of fantasy and creativity, one can create content that resonates with audiences, ultimately leading to financial success in the business.
In practice
This quote could inspire a speech at a children's entertainment conference.
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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 technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.
I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear.
I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually a frog or a wizened old man on the side of the road. The hero is going down the road and meets this poor and insignificant person. The goal or lesson is for the hero to learn to respect everybody and to pay attention to the poorest person because that's where the key to his success will be.
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.
Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.
Each individual should work for himself. People will not sacrifice themselves for the company. They come to work at the company to enjoy themselves.
Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer.
Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.
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