Let women figure out why they won't sleep with you. Don't do their work for them.

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

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.

Youth is the ultimate limited resource.

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.