I believe in taking what happens as inevitable.

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

The great mystery of our consciousness is beyond our grasp.

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire.