Crichton, [John] Michael

US author, movie director, and screenwriter

wrote novels "The Andromeda Strain" 1969, "The Terminal Man" 1972, "Congo" 1980, "Sphere" 1987, "Jurassic Park" 1990, "Rising Sun" 1992, "Disclosure" 1994, "The Lost World" 1995 (sequel to "Jurassic Park"), "Airframe" 1996, "Timeline" 1999, screenplays "Westworld" 1973, "Coma" 1978, "The Great Train Robbery" 1979, "Looker" 1981, "Runaway" 1984, "Twister" 1996, co-wrote screenplays "Rising Sun" 1993, "Jurassic Park" 1993

directed movies "Westworld" 1973 (1st movie including computer graphics), "Coma" 1978, "The Great Train Robbery" 1979, "Looker" 1981, "Runaway" 1984

• "Absence of proof is not proof of absence."
• "We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves."