The Pedestrian

"Your name?" said the police car in a metallic whisper. He couldn't see the men in it for the bright light in his eyes.

"Leonard Mead," he said.

"Speak up!"

"Leonard Mead!"

"Business or profession?"

"I guess you'd call me a writer."

"No profession," said the police car, as if talking to itself.

-Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian"

No joke: Ray Bradbury spent most of his life in Los Angeles without ever learning to drive. "The Pedestrian" is based on an incident in which he was walking down Wilshire Boulevard with friends and police rolled up and questioned them, because who the hell walks anywhere in LA?