“I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.”
Marriage
“You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.”
BusinessAll Quotes by William Shatner
“Nature is perfect.”
Nature“We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.”
Death“You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.”
Business“You need to be silly to be funny.”
Funny“Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.”
Best“Success should always be just beyond your grasp.”
Success“Divorce is probably as painful as death.”
Death“I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.”
Work“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.”
Family“Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?”
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.”
Truth“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.”
Computers“I love technology.”
Technology“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.”
Art“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.”
Sad“Well-written words are music.”
Music“Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.”
Business“The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird.”
Nature“My dad was good with actions.”
Dad