Gene Roddenberry quote
Harvey Taylor
-het
u2358...@spawnkill.ip-mobilphone.net wrote:
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> In an early book about the making of Star Trek, original series (I
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> forgot the name of the book. It has a picture of the original
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> Enterprise, firing a blue phaser, from left to right), Gene
> Roddenberry is quoted as saying something like this: "You have to make
> up your mind when you're in a project of this sort that you're going
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> to either do it your way or you're going to do it their way. If you
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> decided to do it your way, stick with it, regardless of the
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> consequences. You must believe in yourself. If you're wrong and get
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> shot down in flames, you say, OK, baby, I was wrong, I take the blame.
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> But to get shot down because you don't have the courage of your own
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> convictions, that's inexcusable. It can get tough. You do begin to
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> doubt yourself when everybody around you tells you you are wrong. Then
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> you go home at night and toss in your bed and say to yourself, "Are you
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> claiming you're such a genius and everybody is out of step but you?"
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> YOu have these moments of terrible doubt and insecurity. I think this
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> is the difference between the creator and noncreator."
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> Can anybody provide me with the exact quote?
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> Timothy Lee
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