William Shatner

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story, rife with character and plot.

The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you.

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

I love technology.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

My wife, and my three kids, and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.

So many dot-com companies were formulated on air.

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

I love living in Los Angeles.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10 000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

Well-written words are music.

I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think 'Why don't you just call?'

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

Nature is perfect.

The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint it hurts just enough to say 'Ow I gotta get out of the way ' but not enough to say 'I quit.'

Everybody has their 15 minutes and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.

This is my saddest story: In grade school they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards to myself because nobody else did.

You need to be silly to be funny.