There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.

Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.

I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.

Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.

I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie.

Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.

The good life is one that's artistically made.

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.

A series is filled with compromises.

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.

There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.

But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.

A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

Ads need to be little pieces of entertainment.

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.

At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over.

Death is an absolute marvel.

Divorce is probably as painful as death.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

Every day I realized I would not be a star.