Sheer repetition and persistence helped transform him into perhaps the most popular science fiction writer ever.
When Luke signs up for the Army, he imagines that it will transform him.
"Attempting to transform him into an Israeli instrument did not work.
That capability would transform him from a boxed-in bully into a rampant world power.
"I don't think we should transform him into Gidget," Mr. Mantello said to Mattie Ullrich, the costume designer.
In an even-tempered memoir, "Don't Tell Dad" (1998), Jane's younger brother, Peter, recalls his father's attempts to transform him.
He hired a Hollywood makeup artist to fly to Basel, Switzerland, and transform him into a balding nerd with Coke-bottle glasses.
On Tuesday he will release "Goblin" (XL), the first album of his on a proper label, and the one that will transform him from curiosity to conversation shaper.
Nor did he imagine that he would preside over executions there — experiences that would transform him into an eloquent opponent of capital punishment.
So Mr. Gyllenhaal tested for the Spider-Man and Batman franchises and other roles that might transform him into an action hero or leading man.
The place can handle just so many people, and Kenny was never interested in an expansion that would transform him into a supervisor.
