“That's what 'Star Trek' was: We don't know how to make an ideal societ...” — Margot Lee Shetterly Quote

“That's what 'Star Trek' was: We don't know how to make an ideal society, but we're going to portray that, and then we're going to work backward. I think that's why science fiction - despite the dystopian parts - comes out of this super ideal that, eventually, we will get to some better place where we actually live up to our ideals.”

“You need to decide that you're going to use a story to enlighten and inspire people in the modern day.”

“Our next-door neighbour taught physics at Hampton University. Our church abounded with mathematicians. Supersonics experts held leadership positions in my mother's sorority, and electrical engineers sat on the board of my parents' college alumni associations.”

“Today we take it for granted that war happens in smaller, poorer and more backward countries.”

“You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.”

“I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.”