I found this quote. It fits the themes of this blog, so here you go:
“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”
-Andre Malraux
George Lucas was turned down by every studio in Hollywood for his space western idea. But at the Barton AMC the other day I noticed not one but TWO video games, over 30 years later, based on his space western idea.
Actually here's the direct quote from IMDB: "His script for Star Wars (1977) was turned down by every major Hollywood studio, the reason being that no one would want to see it. In a last ditch attempt, Lucas approached 20th Century Fox who decided to go ahead with the script even though they were convinced it would flop. Star Wars ended up becoming the highest grossing movie ever released at that time. It still ranks as one of the highest grossing movies ever made to this day."
