Nicholas Meyer

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.

All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were supposed to do: to go out on the road.

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.