Opinionated, fierce, kind, vicious, reasonable, wrong-headed, quirky, egomaniac, tilter at windmills, feminist, chauvinist, defender of the oppressed, tweaker of conscience, writer in windows, genius, bearer of grudges, dreamer, winner of awards, friend to many, enemy to many...he is legend. Above all, Harlan was a gifted, talented, one-of-a-kind story-teller. A diminutive giant.
From a 1976 episode of the Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder, here's Harlan on why television is made for morons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75n4px-A-zY&t=97s
From the documentary Dreams with Sharp Teeth, he's a brief rant about paying the writer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE
And here, Ellison is interviewed by Stefan Runicki and talks about just about everything:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRStryC47Ro
Here he remembers the March on Selma with MLK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRStryC47Ro
Ellison shares some funny author stories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeCloFcJszw
The story of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRXB0h7sf70
Ellison on The Simpsons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_fux5U-VY
Finally, here's Harlan Ellison narrating his acclaimed short story "I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl5JNHg4q8A
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