All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.

We meet aliens every day who have something to give us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.

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

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'

Everyone knows everything about all of us. That's too much knowledge!

Careers are here and they're gone. No matter how great we think we are, we're nothing but the temples of Ozymandias-we're ruins in the making.

I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.