It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'
My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war.
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'
Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.'
I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'
I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.
When I die, I want it to say 'Short and Funny' on my tombstone.