Gene Roddenberry Quotes

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do.

'Doctor Who' is part of my science fictional DNA. You could take it out of me, and I'd probably still have ended up being a writer, but almost certainly not the same one.

I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.

Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.

Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.

I loved the world of imagination.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.

One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.

What's cool is when you're able to give your audience imagination and you don't have to cage them in like animals.

I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism.

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

I like working closely with artists. I think that's very important in fantasy and science fiction - the visual aspect of the worlds and the characters.

I love anything that really pushes the envelope as far as where it takes your mind. When it's well written and brings you into a world that possibly could be, I think that's the most entertaining for me - to see something that could actually take place and causes you to think.

Signature film-making seems rather dull to me; it's about finding something you can do something with and running with the ball.

I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.

I was really interested in doing a really science fiction-based story because it's something I feel like I hadn't done yet.

That's what I love about movies and TV: You can go anywhere any time and be whoever you want.

I think that sense of wonderment, where you walk out expecting the ordinary and are confronted by the extraordinary, is something that has always interested me, whether in TV or comic books.

Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.

The thing that's so exciting when you're making a film is that it can be anything and there are no limitations on it.

I'm not much of a math and science guy. I spent most of my time in school daydreaming and managed to turn it into a living. When I was making "Star Wars," I wasn't restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, "I'm going to create a world that's fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it."

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.