Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

I've done a lot of television in life, and I don't remember the last time that I felt so consistently happy [working with Jenji Kohan].

I was caught in a private cycle of sadness and the only conceivable relief I could find was in the telling.

An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.