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.
— William Shatner
I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.
Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.
I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.
All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.
Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.
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.
I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.
A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.
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 think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.
I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.
The good life is one that's artistically made.
