{"quotes":[{"text":"As I approach a new project, my process always begins with the question: what is it about? Here’s one answer that might apply to a Star Trek movie... I want it to be about the most horrible, treacherous aliens ever known to man who are about to destroy life as we know it, leading to the most spectacular thrill ride of an adventure with fantastic space battles and huge explosions and great special effects -- a white knuckle ride for the movie audience. Yeah, but what’s it about?I can write space battles with the best of them, but what makes that space battle interesting to me is: why are they fighting? What are the stakes? What does the hero lose if he loses? And what does he win if he wins? Why should we care? I'm talking about the second level of story-telling. The level that examines what's going on inside the characters — their moral and ethical dilemmas, their doubts, fears, inner conflicts, how they change as the story progresses. These are the things that make us, as members of an audience, get emotionally involved.","author":"Michael Piller","tags":["meaning","star-trek","writing"],"id":688,"author_id":"Michael+Piller"},{"text":"Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.","author":"Gene Roddenberry","tags":["differences","humanity","life","maturity","space-exploration","star-trek","tolerance","wisdom"],"id":20431,"author_id":"Gene+Roddenberry"},{"text":"No answer I could provide to that question could possibly serve my own future interests.' Sarek straightened his sleeve and focused on her. 'More wine, Wife?","author":"Keira Marcos","tags":["humour","husband","star-trek","wife","wine"],"id":26212,"author_id":"Keira+Marcos"},{"text":"The president has listened to some people, the so-called Vulcans in the White House, the ideologues. But you know, unlike the Vulcans of Star Trek who made the decisions based on logic and fact, these guys make it on ideology. These aren't Vulcans. There are Klingons in the White House. But unlike the real Klingons of Star Trek, these Klingons have never fought a battle of their own. Don't let faux Klingons send real Americans to war.","author":"David Wu","tags":["ideology","klingons","star-trek","vulcans","war","white-house"],"id":68315,"author_id":"David+Wu"},{"text":"Resistance, however, is useless. (1939).","author":"A.E. van Vogt","tags":["borg","science-fiction","star-trek"],"id":69345,"author_id":"A.E.+van+Vogt"},{"text":"We're Human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands, but we can stop it. We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill, today. That's all it takes. Knowing that we won't kill, today.","author":"Robert Hamner","tags":["antiwar","kill","killing","progress","savage","star-trek","war"],"id":86807,"author_id":"Robert+Hamner"},{"text":"We’re all in outer space, Jerry, and we’re in color. NBC claims to be the first full- color network, so let’s prove it for them. When you light the sets, throw wild colors in—magenta, red, green, any color you can find—especially behind the actors when they’re in a close shot. Be dramatic. In fact, go overboard. Backlight the women and make them more beautiful. Take some chances. No one can tell you that’s not the way the future will look.","author":"Robert H. Justman","tags":["futurist","sci-fi","science-fiction","star-trek"],"id":106140,"author_id":"Robert+H.+Justman"},{"text":"Not that he wanted to say that. It would make it sound as if he wanted to blame her..Women were very complicated creatures. He suddenly realised he was running through his head a list of everything he considered preferable to women. It was a long and most impressive imaginary document.","author":"Peter David","tags":["science-fiction","star-trek"],"id":114356,"author_id":"Peter+David"},{"text":"In those days, men proved their strength and manliness by being well mannered, helpful, and gentle. Just how gentle they could be under trying circumstances, how civilised they could be in a harsh world, that was the measure of a man.","author":"Terry Lee Rioux","tags":["biography","deforest-kelley","star-trek"],"id":143341,"author_id":"Terry+Lee+Rioux"},{"text":"Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek.","author":"R. Curtis Venture","tags":["grammar-humor","humour","science-fiction","star-trek"],"id":158813,"author_id":"R.+Curtis+Venture"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":41,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}