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.'

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.

I don't want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

I have been accused of never saying no.

My dad died of a stroke.

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.