JG Ballard (James Graham Ballard) was an English writer of fiction and a prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction. His most famous works however are Crash - adapted to a film of the same name by David Cronenberg and Empire of the Sun which was made into an award winning film by Steven Spielberg.
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.