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].

Life's so brief,” she goes on. “We're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do if we think it will be of any interest or value, to share the past. And although mine's been crooked, it's also been splendid. It's taught me to be vulnerable and humble, to write this book.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

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.

I am often fond of saying the Trekkers are passionate about a hobby, their hobby is 'Star Trek.' They are by and large very imaginative, very intelligent people, and they certainly have been more than generous to me.