Never Buy Anything That Eats While You

If There's Anything I'm Not Pompous About, It's Myself Or My Work. But I Seem To Be Able To Play It.

There's A Joy And A Pain About Directing Where The Dreams You Have Are Becoming Concrete But The Attention To Detail, The Need For Time Is Such That It's Overwhelming At Times, And The Stream Of Responsibility.

Within Weeks Of Our Premiere, It Became Obvious That Leonard [nimoy] And The Character Of Spock Were Becoming Something Of A National Phenomenon. ... And To Be Unflatteringly Frank, It Bugged Me. ... [then, Gene Roddenberry] Said To Me The Wisest Thing He Could Possibly Have Uttered. He Said, `don't Ever Fear Having Good And Popular People Around You, Because They Can Only Enhance Your Own Performance. The More You Can Play To These People, The Better The Show.'

Conquest Is Easy. Control Is Not.

I Guess The Disc Jockey Thought I Was Trying To Sing Or Something So ... They Had Fun With It. But The Reality Was That It Was Something, There Was A Concept Behind It.