“It’s a very, very, very hard thing to do. You have to say, ‘I have to move on,’ and everything in your body says, ‘Don’t. You can’t.’ These are my kids. I sold them to the white slavers that take these things and, and… heh, heh, heh…”
-George Lucas on selling Star Wars to Disney
He has since apologized for the remark
(2020 Update: He probably shouldn’t have apologized in hindsight, but whatever…)