Scott Wilson

“Thus far Lucas had spent $473,000 of his own money on The Star Wars. He knew this dessert would take far more ingredients than could be bought for $8.3 million. That was a fairly low figure; the average studio comedy at the time, with no special effects, cost around $20 million. How on Earth could Lucas realize his vision on that budget?”
― Chris Taylor, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise

“In two years, through murder, mutilation, or suicide, half of the 250,000 Indians on Haiti were dead.”
― Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

“From time to time, whites were involved in the slave resistance. As early as 1663, indentured white servants and black slaves in Gloucester County, Virginia, formed a conspiracy to rebel and gain their freedom.”
― Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

“The first large-scale revolt in the North American colonies took place in New York in 1712. In New York, slaves were 10 percent of the population, the highest proportion in the northern states, where economic conditions usually did not require large numbers of field slaves.”
― Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present