Quotes from William Shatner

By the way, isn't it time that I became a GPS voice? You can download Gary Busey, KITT from Knight Rider, and Flavor Flav. There has to be a market for William Shatner giving you directions! Let's talk, GPS manufacturers. And unlike the sexy lady voice on most units, I can actually pronounce "Sepulveda Boulevard" properly.)

The journey must be taken in individual moments. Enjoy the ride for the ride.

Any success I have had began by my showing up on time, being prepared, and doing the best possible job.

Don't be afraid of taking chances, of striking out along paths that are untrod. Don't be afraid of failing. Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time—and look what I got.

We are born into mystery and we leave life in mystery.

By the time we became friends, he was concerned he was losing his facility for the language, so he actually found a Yiddish-speaking psychiatrist in Los Angeles and paid her hourly fee once a week just to sit and speak with him in Yiddish. He

he had bought a ticket for the High Holy Day services being held in the Shrine Auditorium. He walked in expecting to find a welcoming communal atmosphere; instead, the first thing they did was raise funds for some cause. He was shocked—and stood up and walked out. His experience had been that a shul was a place for a community of people to come together to celebrate meaningful rituals. This was more like the department-store version of religious observance.

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

These people who come to Comic-Con and dress up - all across the country, the rest of the population who doesn't understand are scoffing at them.

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.

I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

Tabloid stuff just offends.

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

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

Well-written words are music.

I love horses. There's something practical and mystical about them.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

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

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

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

I've been breeding Dobies for years. Almost won the breed in Westminster at one time.

I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.

I'm not technically adept at music, but I'd love to be part of a discussion of where progressive rock ends and country music begins.