If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.

I don't think of myself as being tied.

We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.

I've discovered that the more freedom I have to be creative, the more creative I become.