I Don't Know What My Friends Do.

When I Dig Back Through Memory Cells, I Get One Particularly Distinctive Feeling-and That's One Of Warmth, Comfort And Well-being. For Whatever Else I May Have Had, Or Lost, Or Will Find-i've Still Got A Hometown. This, Nobody's Gonna Take Away From Me.

Apparently On The Screen I Look Tall, Ageless, And Damned Close To Omniscient-delivering Jeopardy-laden Warnings Through Gritted Teeth. But When People See Me On The Street, They Say 'by God, This Kid Is 5 Foot 5, He's Got A Broken Nose, And Looks About As Foreboding As A Bank Teller On A Lunch Break.'

Star Trek, I Thought, Was A Very Inconsistent Show, Which At Times Sparkled With True Ingenuity And Pure Science Fiction Approaches, And Other Times Was More Carnival-like, And Very Much More The Creature Of Television Than The Creature Of A Legitimate Literary Form.

I Find It Very Difficult To Live Through The Censorship Of Profanity On Television.

The Writer's Role Is To Menace The Public's Conscience. He Must Have A Position, A Point Of View. He Must See The Arts As A Vehicle Of Social Criticism And He Must Focus On The Issues Of His Time.