Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And to be unflatteringly frank, it bugged me. ... [Then, Gene Roddenberry] said to me the wisest thing he could possibly have uttered. He said, `Don't ever fear having good and popular people around you, because they can only enhance your own performance. The more you can play to these people, the better the show.'

The good life is one that's artistically made.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

My dad was good with actions.

You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head?

The more powerful the villain is the more powerful the hero.

I don't think of myself as being tied.