Entrepreneurial Struggles With Writing and Finances
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What I learned from rereading George Lucas: A Life b...
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Apr 12 2024 1h 59m
Chapter 1 58 sec
George Lucas unapologetically invested in what he believed in the most: himselfChapter 2 29 sec
George Lucas is the Thomas Edison of the modern film industryChapter 3 4 mins
A list of biographies written by Brian Jay JonesChapter 4 4 mins
Elon Musk interviewed by Kevin RoseChapter 5 6 mins
How many people think the solution to gaining quality control, improving fiscal responsibility, and stimulating technological innovation is to start their own special-effects company? But that’s what he didChapter 6 59 sec
When I finally discovered film, I really fell madly in love with it. I ate it. I slept it. 24 hours a day. There was no going backChapter 7 2 mins
Those on the margins often come to control the center. (Game of Thrones)Chapter 8 1 min
As soon as I made my first film, I thought, Hey, I’m good at this. I know how to do this. From then on, I’ve never questioned itChapter 9 10 mins
He was becoming increasingly cranky about the idea of working with others and preferred doing everything himselfChapter 10 10 mins
Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life by Michael Schumacher. (Founders The film Easy Rider was made for $350,000. It grossed over $60 million at the box officeChapter 11 3 mins
The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley by Jimmy Soni. (Founders A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman (Founders Steve Jobs & The NeXT Big Thing by Randall Stross. (Founders What we’re striving for is total freedom, where we can finance our pictures, make them our way, release them where we want them released, and be completely free. That’s very hard to do in the world of business. You have to have the money in order to have the power to be freeChapter 12 1 min
People would give anything to quit their jobs. All they have to do is do it. They’re people in cages with open doorsChapter 13 7 mins
Stay small. Be the best. Don’t lose any moneyChapter 14 2 mins
That was a very dark period for me. We were in dire financial strait. I turned that down [directing someone else’s movie] at my bleakest point, when I was in debt to my parents, in debt to Francis Coppola, in debt to my agent; I was so far in debt I thought I’d never get out. It took years to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get people to give me a chance. Writing, struggling, with no money in the bank… getting little jobs, eking out a living. Trying to stay alive, and pushing a script that nobody wantedChapter 15 2 mins
“Opening this new restaurant might be the worst mistake I've ever made."Chapter 16 59 sec
My thing about art is that I don’t like the word art because it means pretension and bullshit, and I equate those two directly. I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m a craftsman. I don’t make a work of art; I make a movieChapter 17 2 mins
I know how good I am. American Graffiti is successful because it came entirely from my head. It was my concept. And that’s the only way I can workChapter 18 15 mins
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders The budget for Star Wars was $11 million. In brought in $775 million at the box office alone!Chapter 19 34 mins
Steven Spielberg made over $40 million from the original Star Wars. Spielberg gave Lucas 2.5% of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Lucas gave Spielberg 2.5% of Star Wars. That to 2.5% would earn Spielberg more than $40 million over the next four decades