Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.
There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.
The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.
Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.
Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?
No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.
In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it.
If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.
When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.
Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.
All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.
And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.
Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.
But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.