beauty-grace-outer-space:

“Regarding Kirk’s personality, the screenplay of Star Trek commented, “At 22, he’s charming, witty, dangerous, rebellious.”
The script also characterized the twenty-two year-old Kirk as
“unformed, raw”. In ultimately omitted dialogue from the same script,
Kirk responded to Pike’s appeal for him to join Starfleet by admitting
Pike was right: he did want to feel special. However, he sarcastically
added he therefore planned to start a book club. [2]” -The Memory-Alpha Wiki

Kirk, you little shit.