Nichelle Nichols

“I've agreed to do several Star Trek conventions this coming year.”

“I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show.”

“All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.”

“Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.”

“Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.”

“It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else.”

“Some people view Gene as a man with a wild futuristic utopian fantasy, but that’s too simple. Star Trek did not promise that people would magically become inherently “better,” but that they would progress, always reaching for their highest potential and noblest goals, even if it took centuries of taking two steps forward and one step back. Ideally, humankind would be guided in its quest by reason and justice. The ultimate futility of armed conflict, terrorism, dictatorial rule, prejudice, disregard for the environment, and exercising power for its own sake was demonstrated time and again”

“I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.”