The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.

Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.

If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.

By seeing a same-sex couple in ordinary situations, that it might make people think twice about if they have, you know, questions about acceptance of LGBT equality, it's one way to just say that, you know, 'We're members of your family and gay people are like anybody else.'

As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.

STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.