Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they're exposed to.

I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.

That's not a role you prepare for. There's no preparation. You don't have time to prepare for the reading of an audiobook. You do the reading of an audiobook in basically two days' time - an unabridged version, maybe three days.

You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.

Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.