Quotes from William Shatner

Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that's the way its listening and looking and tasting its environment. It's its means of appreciating what's in front of it.

There's too many people in the world.

I find the whole time travel question very unsettling if you take it to its logical extension. I think it might eventually be possible, but then what happens?

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 love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.

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.

Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.

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

The problem is I don't know anything or anyone. I am so focused on the immediate picture in front of me.

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

I love to go to a movie, get a Diet Coke and a barrel of popcorn, and sit there with my kids and watch a film.

I love living in Los Angeles.

My mother was an exuberant, silly lady.

My fear is dying badly, through illness or injury. But what a glorious demise it would be to burn up in space.

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

The truth can't be hidden for long.

I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.

I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.

When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.

Exercise? A Jew doesn't exercise.