Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.

I think all my Star Trek movies are very earthbound.

When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make it. That research has gone into it and we say "This is a history of the civil war, this is a biography of Lincoln" whatever. But you don't make any such supposition when you say "This is a historical novel."

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

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

Audiences may be stupid, but they are never wrong.

No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments.