“I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented...” — George Lucas Quote

“I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented sound.'”

“Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology - looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does.”

“When I was making 'Star Wars,' I wasn't restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, 'I'm going to create a world that's fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.'”

“I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.”

“For me, cinema is happiness.”

“Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.”