The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing ‘The Jedi Doth Return.’ After having done so many things with characters who don’t speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader’s transformation from the dark side back to the good.

Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.

A novel is a map of the human heart, a guide to the depths of our emotions

Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural.

I’m very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years’ time.

Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.

I hold no emotions while I am in there… in there it is just calm and creative.

I don’t feel negative emotions. I feel calm, composed and ready. And as it goes on I get better at it. By the time the fight is on, I don’t feel any emotions at all.

Had I left those images hidden in the emotions, I might have been torn to pieces by them

Dark and lonely, I need somebody to hold me.