"2001 is a nonverbal experience; out of two hours and nineteen minutes of film, there are only a little less than fort…"

"If anyone understands it on the first viewing, we've failed in our intention."

"I've tried to avoid doing this ever since the picture came out. When you just say the ideas they sound foolish, where…"

"An epic drama of adventure and exploration."

"Man's colony on the Moon … a whole new generation has been born and is living there … a quarter-million miles from Ea…"

"The Ultimate Trip."

"An astounding entertainment experience."

"My God, it's full of stars."

":Not present in film, but present in book as David Bowman enters the monolith, in form:"

"::"The thing's hollow — it goes on forever — and — oh my God! — it's full of stars!" (p. 254 of paperback edition)"