Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.

I wrote 'Reaching for the Moon' because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don't attain it, you can at least reach for it.

To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.

Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species.

To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.

This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.

This has been far more than three men on a mission to the Moon; more still than the efforts of a government and industry team; more, even, than the efforts of one nation. We feel this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.