And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.

Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.

The good life is one that`s artistically made.

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.

[When asked if he was a fan of technology] "I love technology. Matches, to light a fire is really high tech. The wheel is REALLY one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that I am an ignoramus about technology. I once looked for the `ON` button on the computer and came to find out it was on the back. Then I thought, anyone who would put the `on` switch on the back, where you can`t find it, doesn`t do any good for my psyche. The one time I did get the computer on, I couldn`t turn the damn thing off!"

There`s an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It`s palpable.

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.

I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.

I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don`t live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don`t know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock. And no, I`ve never had green alien sex, though I`m sure it would be quite an evening. I speak English and French, not Klingon! I drink Labatt`s, not Romulan ale! And when someone says to me `Live long and prosper`, I seriously mean it when I say, `Get a life`. My doctor`s name is not McCoy, it`s Ginsberg. And tribbles were puppets, not real animals. PUPPETS! And when I speak, I never, ever talk like every. Word. Is. Its. Own. Sentence. I live in California, but I was raised in Montreal. And yes, I`ve gone where no man has gone before, but I was in Mexico and her father gave me permission! My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

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

On his most memorable money mistake: "When I was a young actor at Canada`s Stratford Festival, one of the older actors told me that Canadian uranium is the future and you must buy into it. So I bought it on Thursday with the entire $500 I had saved. The following day, the Canadian prime minister said the country would no longer buy uranium. I was wiped out. It actually hurt my performance on stage. Since then I`ve led a very conservative financial life."

If saving money is wrong, I don`t want to be right!

A series is filled with compromises.

I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that `Star Trek` became. It`s still almost impossible to imagine.

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

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.

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Oh, for God`s sake... get a life, will you?

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.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don`t think about it.

I`m looking for the perfect paintball movie.

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

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.

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

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I`m a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.

I`ve got rock `n` roll in my blood.

Remember - you can`t beam through a force field. So, don`t try it.

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

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

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.

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don`t understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.

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.

On what money means to him: "For the longest time I could never get ahead more than a few hundred dollars, no matter how well I did or what job I got, and no matter how hard I tried to pare expenses down. With three kids, it was always very, very tight, and it was always a scramble for what was my next job. So I learned never to go into debt because I don`t want those monthly payments to preoccupy my thoughts. I never spend more than what I can afford, and I don`t owe anything."

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

What he tells his kids about money: "Don`t buy anything on time, and that includes cars and houses." (Money Magazine, 2007)

We were basically one and the same, although Jim [Kirk] was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect.

[When asked if he wore a hairpiece] "It`s a question that I find like asking somebody, `Did you have a breast implant?` or `When did you get your lobotomy?`"