37 years ago I was in a jam. I had an idea for a book that needed to be written, but I didn't have a writer who could write it.

On a lark, I picked up the phone and called an author who had had enormous success just

before that with a book called Alien based on the movie. Alan Dean Foster

answered the phone and we worked together on a book. Today, Alan Dean Foster is 75

years old. His wife is ill and Disney, who publishes many of his books including

his best-selling Star Wars novel, has decided not to pay him anymore.

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo.

We'll be back in a second, but first here's a message from our featured nonprofit, Build On.org.

Check them out.

They're doing important work.

I'm going to start a chapter

because I believe the fight against poverty and illiteracy is a very big fight and it's one that we need to be universally together in.

We started a chapter together and it proved to be a really great way for us to develop our

leadership skills and get involved with a larger organization that would

empower us to change our lives and the lives of individuals around the world in our own community.

What I took away from this whole experience was that the more you give, the more you gain.

The harder I work to improve the lives of others, the more it gave me a life-changing experience in return.

Harlan Ellison, the controversial science fiction author who wrote some of the greatest

Star Trek episodes in history, is perhaps most famous for a rant he did about paying the writer.

I sell my soul but at the highest rates, the highest rates. I don't take a piss without getting paid for it.

The question is, why should you care? I don't take a piss without getting paid for it.

The question is, why should you care?

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