I told my whole life story in my book.
Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy.
As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.
One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.
I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so.
I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American. And growing up, my family, my parents, and I think rightly so didn't put us in Chinatown, didn't put us with our other ethnic group, but put us in mainstream America. They're thinking was that will help us assimilate into the mainstream and be a part of it. And it did. It certainly gave me tolerance of other people, of other races, of other ethnicities and I think that's helped make me a better person.
I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing.
I like confounding expectations. I can expand what it is I am able to do, and hopefully get to do more weird, interesting projects like this. There's nothing wrong with doing comedies, and I'm not against comedies, either, but I always want to do stuff that keeps me off my guard and gets me out of my comfort zone. And how the audience perceives that. . . It's out of my hands. And I don't get that frustrated by it, because I'm on to the next thing at that point.
There is no neediness in desire. . . there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock.