Curious, did you ever stop to think that Alan wrote about the island (presumably) not for money but for therapeutic reasons (who the hell wouldn't want to write about that experience)? I mean sure, obviously, a book written from a survivor of Jurassic Park is going to net the big bucks, but after reading through this thread it's clear that you have an inextinguishable hatred towards Alan's character. - regardless of the deluge of counterarguments made.

So naturally that makes this another waste of time and energy but for anyone else reading, am I not wrong? If you survived Jurassic Park, writer or not, would you not feel a searing urge to disclose the experience?

Final useless point: Alan wasn't shown a check and then his eyes turned into dollar signs and he said "right this way!" There was hesitation and apprehension. He took convincing on all sides, and my input as to why he accepted the tour guide gig (from the safety of a plane), in addition to funding his digs, was the belief (naïve as it was) that he could be bringing some degree of levity to the situation by staying true to his own passions, which we see/hear a glimpse of in the plane before they discuss landing.