Once you decide that you're going to have the death of Spock, then how does that affect the other people? Why is it there? I got a lot of stick from a lot of people from the very beginning about the idea of killing Spock. Somebody said, "You can't kill him." And I said, "Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well."

In fact, we've entered a world which is arguably much more dangerous than [being] eyeball to eyeball with the USSR.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

My father's book is about is about a number of things, but about Houdini's rage to not be a failure like his father, and it's also about converting X-rated material, namely bondage, into family friendly safe fare, which is what he did. It's also about death and resurrection, and rising to live again another day when everyone thinks you're dead.

Movie studios, Hollywood studios, by and large are not making the kind of movies that I go to see.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.