David Gerrold Quotes
My approach to 'Star Trek' was, 'I know science fiction, and I know screen writing.' That was very arrogant of me, but you really need to be a little bit arrogant to think that what you have to say is good enough to justify the expense of hundreds of thousands - now millions of dollars - to make an episode of the TV show.
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Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
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Absence does not so much make the heart grow fonder as give the heart time to integrate what it has not previously absorbed, time to make sense of what happened too quickly to have any meaning in the instant. This is always true. If it is in absence that people forget each other, it is also in the quiet pause of absence that, minds running in symmetry, people come to know each other; there is sometimes as much intimacy in the span of continents as in the shared hours before dawn.
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Punctilious abyss, the yawn of space Come once a day to suffocate the sight.
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Smiling makes a huge difference. A lot of people walk the red carpet and try to be sexy. I don't do that; I always smile.
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I feel tired, but in general, I do love being pregnant and always feel pretty good. I'm lucky. I always hear, like, horror stories.
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My approach to 'Star Trek' was, 'I know science fiction, and I know screen writing.' That was very arrogant of me, but you really need to be a little bit arrogant to think that what you have to say is good enough to justify the expense of hundreds of thousands - now millions of dollars - to make an episode of the TV show.
