Gene Roddenberry

Birthday: 19 August 1921, El Paso, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry

Height: 185 cm

Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921 in El Paso, Texas, USA as Eugene Wesley Roddenberry. He was a writer and producer, known for Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He was married to Majel Barrett and Eileen Anita Rexroat. He died on October 24, 1991 in Santa Monica, Calif... Show more »

Star Trek was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins no...Show more »

Star Trek was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms.If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, than we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there. Show less «

I wish I had more control, more like Edgar Rice Burroughs had, but I'm a realist, too. I work in tel...Show more »

I wish I had more control, more like Edgar Rice Burroughs had, but I'm a realist, too. I work in television. I don't know that I would want to spend the rest of my life controlling my characters. Show less «

Normal television limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination mo...Show more »

Normal television limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination more. I fell in love with it. Show less «

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing, all-powerful God, who creates faulty huma...Show more »

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing, all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. Show less «

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on...Show more »

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. Show less «

[on his first meeting with Leonard Nimoy] If I ever do a science-fiction show, I'm going to put poin...Show more »

[on his first meeting with Leonard Nimoy] If I ever do a science-fiction show, I'm going to put pointed ears on him and use him. Show less «

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man...Show more »

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before. Show less «

I have felt many times trapped by Star Trek. It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come ...Show more »

I have felt many times trapped by Star Trek. It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with what it is and where it fits in my life. Show less «

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its abili...Show more »

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. Show less «

Gene Roddenberry

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