John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing....
He does not lose anything, for with the loss of himself he loses the knowledge of loss.
—Alan Alda as Hawkeye on M*A*S*H