Of course, the young male demographic has always been the target demographic for 'Star Trek,' the men ageing fifteen to about twenty-five or thirty, a very tough market to appeal to.

The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.

I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.

Abortion does not compute with my philosophy.

An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.

Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

I've done a lot of television in life, and I don't remember the last time that I felt so consistently happy [working with Jenji Kohan].

I was caught in a private cycle of sadness and the only conceivable relief I could find was in the telling.

We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.

Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.

Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is one of my favourite singers.

I have made my limitations tools of learning and true joy.

We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to.

I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.