What an amazing author. I've read hearts in Atlantis, the shining, doctor sleep and I'm currently reading revival. Ordered 40 books of his within the last month, so glad I started reading again. His writing is superb. Struggles with endings sometimes though.
I’ve never taken issue with his endings before. Besides, his fiction never has been about the formulaic, James Patterson-style writing typical of page turners with twists and cliffhanger endings. King’s writing is ALL about the richness and depth of the STORY itself. He’s never prescribed to a “formula”. He comes up with a powerful concept, and he just goes where the story takes him. That’s it.
This is an amazing interview. I was only a quiet unknown surprise cooking in my mothers stomach when this took place. Forty years later still able to inspire, and teach me. I love his work!
This is also a fascinating Time Capsule. I love listening to him talk, his interviews or taped speeches like this one kept me sane during the COVID Pandemic in particular. His easy manner of speaking, his stories, his insights, very entertaining in themselves. He's a pleasant down-to-earth genius who is generous with his time and I'm grateful there's so much of his material on RUclips. That he's given so much time, still sharing his stories and thoughts. Thank you, Univ. of GA & Mr. King!
This is a very interesting lecture and he is a good speaker and storyteller; on hindsight I couldn't help but notice how often he did speak about getting drunk/being hungover at this time.. seems foreshadowing about his addiction issues (that must have been very much present at this time - glad that he overcame those issues!)
Maybe the lady that was reading Carrie on the plane gave him the inspiration for Annie Wilkes:)...of course she wouldn't use profanity...maybe she became his number one fan.
@@CinematicMaj I actually read all of Finders keepers over the weekend but I could only get the audio version of End of Watch. Try to be polite to people you know nothing... about. 😉
@@CinematicMajMake the effort to not make assumptions about others. Some people would like nothing more than to be able to read the book for themselves but are unable due to any number of reasons. It is almost never a question of not making the effort. You are apparently an insufferable judgemental bore. Judging by the content on your channel you are not exactly overburdened with an excess of talent, intelligence or empathy for your fellow humans. Good luck. You'll need it.
I find it interesting at 22:48 he mentions “Jack Torrence with an axe in The Shining”. I guess he mentions that as the film was new and he’s referencing on screen slasher killers, but considering his disdain for Kubrick’s adaptation, I’m surprised he didn’t say “Jack Torrence with a roque mallet”.
His early titles from the 70's are my favourite but when I read JOYLAND I thought that book might be his most underrated masterpiece. What a phenomenal body of work.
I often wonder why people feel compelled to make comments like 'he's wasted on drugs and alcohol in this video' etc etc. And very often, regardless of who is in the video, they are most often lucid & intelligent, charming and so on. It's as if any known history of an individual's actions, particularly the negative types, are kept in store like bullets. But people are people, we were always this way. The giant looking glass that is the internet, is always a crystal-clear reflection.
I was minus 6 month old exactly at the time. I grew up reading the masterpieces by this master of storytelling. What impresses me the most is how prolific he is while keeping his creativity and his very unique touch
6:20 Hearing this forty years later, knowing how bad it became for him feels strange. I'm glad he won this fight, else he probably wouldn't be around anymore.
@@adrian-qr6zk are you a moron? Does he have to be an AA apostle to recognize when someone's alcoholism is destroying their life, especially when said person has admitted it?
Agreed. I enjoyed his Kennedy book, but...otherwise never read anything beyond '93. I drifted from fiction in general, so my habits are not without bias. But Gerald's Game and then Nightmares & Dreamscapes....found them very underwhelming. I still revisit some earlier works, though. Considering checking out his Shining sequel and that next chapter of The Talisman.
Love hearing him talk. And also love the q&a parts! Great guy! But to be honest, I've watch so much of his interviews and he always tells the same stories. Though this is one of the early vids so it's ok.
It’s Steve but it’s not yet STEPHEN KING the most ubiquitous English fiction writer of all times. You close your eyes and listen to all the talks he has on RUclips and the timeline doesn’t even exist nor does the person. The only thing that exists is the stories, the hearing, some haircuts and shirts.
Jules Ralph Feiffer is an American cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North-America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He is still kicking at 92.
Exelente pero es dificil para un escritor escribir guiones vivencias o imaginar cosas que un momento fueron y otras que se conviertan cobrando vidas es un precio alto en este universo que una pluma y tinta pueden moldear la realidad y interactuar en el momento exacto
13:54 If somebody asked me the same thing regarding why I write in a horror-Ish fashion. if it were to be more than once then that is where I would reverse the question and it is simple: Why do you ask the repeated question when deep down you already know the answer?
@@ianholmquist8492 Just because it's not a faithful adaptation doesn't mean it's a great movie There are loads of wonderful movies that are only loosely based on their source material
Stephen Edwin King (pronunciación: /ˈstiːvən ˈɛdwɪn ˈkɪŋ/) (Portland, Maine; 21 de septiembre de 1947), más conocido como Stephen King y ocasionalmente por su pseudónimo Richard Bachman, es un escritor estadounidense de novelas de terror, ficción sobrenatural, misterio, ciencia ficción y literatura fantástica. Sus libros han vendido más de 500 millones de ejemplares, y en su mayoría han sido adaptados al cine y a la televisión. Ha publicado 65 novelas, once colecciones de relatos y novelas cortas, y siete libros de no ficción, además de un guion cinematográfico, entre otras obras. 76 AÑOS.
Ha! Starts off with a great line! Day after Election Day, '80. Man oh man was he right. The long national nightmare began and has not stopped since. Loving this, thanks so much for posting it.
Mystic- as snicker said, Trump started no new wars. YES, the Trumper is an egomaniac, but he was better for America (for the world, I would even argue) than most other US presidents.
@@ThirstyEye Trumpster Fire is evil & will soon be in jail along with his ReTHUGlican cronies. What part of the insurrection (attempt to overthrow the government) did you miss?? All based on lies. Not one iota of proof. Just today, he called his opponents VERMIN. That's right out of Herr Hitler's playbook. Wake Up Dude. He's the worst kind of authoritarian.
@@cameronm6116not really ,a drunk mike Tyson would be able to beat an average joe because it's his profession and he is more experienced, just as king is in writing to people who don't write frequently.
The guy who everyone likes to forget armed iran. Brought cocaine into America , committed war crimes panama and El Salvador ? Not too mention ignored the AIDS epidemic until his Hollywood pals started dying not to mention ruined the American economy w that garbage “trickle down”? Yeah totally awesome leader 😳
@@A_M_P_ great as in he didn’t get us in a war like the past 3 Republicans did? Suppose he did ok. Sat back and collected money from people dum enough to send in money. Been a scumbag since daddy gave him that 2 million dolllars at 18 when he got out of Vietnam
I'm 42. I was ONE when this lecture was delivered. And he's still pumping out great works. Like wtf...
U were two years old
@@saiconautas7336 Depends what time of the year he was born in
@@saiconautas7336 I believe the guy knew how old he was at that time. Godamn.
Check out Fairy Tale. It’s new and it’s great!
I was born four weeks later. :))
I just look at him and think of all the great books he still hadn’t written.
That’s a really interesting perspective. 1980. No Stand, IT, Dark Tower… so many classics swimming around.
@@jonathanrossmusic2509 the stand was out at this point. Not the uncut version though
So true
@@jonathanrossmusic2509 he started the dark tower when he was 19
@@ianholmquist8492 that's when he wrote Gunslinger wasn't it?
That's why the writing style is different.
What an amazing author. I've read hearts in Atlantis, the shining, doctor sleep and I'm currently reading revival.
Ordered 40 books of his within the last month, so glad I started reading again.
His writing is superb.
Struggles with endings sometimes though.
I’ve never taken issue with his endings before. Besides, his fiction never has been about the formulaic, James Patterson-style writing typical of page turners with twists and cliffhanger endings. King’s writing is ALL about the richness and depth of the STORY itself. He’s never prescribed to a “formula”. He comes up with a powerful concept, and he just goes where the story takes him. That’s it.
This is an amazing interview. I was only a quiet unknown surprise cooking in my mothers stomach when this took place. Forty years later still able to inspire, and teach me. I love his work!
I was 24 and had read a batch of his books by then.
This was 9 days before my 5th birthday.
This is also a fascinating Time Capsule. I love listening to him talk, his interviews or taped speeches like this one kept me sane during the COVID Pandemic in particular. His easy manner of speaking, his stories, his insights, very entertaining in themselves. He's a pleasant down-to-earth genius who is generous with his time and I'm grateful there's so much of his material on RUclips. That he's given so much time, still sharing his stories and thoughts. Thank you, Univ. of GA & Mr. King!
Yeah let's talk about covid experiences! So interesting. Interesting as a loose turd.
Nothing down-to-earth about King's stance on the covid fiasco
The greatest of all time! An absolute national treasure.
No doubt. 🤩😍🤩🤩
This is a very interesting lecture and he is a good speaker and storyteller;
on hindsight I couldn't help but notice how often he did speak about getting drunk/being hungover at this time.. seems foreshadowing about his addiction issues (that must have been very much present at this time - glad that he overcame those issues!)
Maybe the lady that was reading Carrie on the plane gave him the inspiration for Annie Wilkes:)...of course she wouldn't use profanity...maybe she became his number one fan.
and now he's addicted to Trump Derangement Syndrome....
When you stop the stephen king audiobook you were listening to, to hear the author talk
Exactly what I just did.
Literally what I just did.
Make the effort to actually read the book
@@CinematicMaj I actually read all of Finders keepers over the weekend but I could only get the audio version of End of Watch. Try to be polite to people you know nothing... about. 😉
@@CinematicMajMake the effort to not make assumptions about others. Some people would like nothing more than to be able to read the book for themselves but are unable due to any number of reasons. It is almost never a question of not making the effort. You are apparently an insufferable judgemental bore. Judging by the content on your channel you are not exactly overburdened with an excess of talent, intelligence or empathy for your fellow humans. Good luck. You'll need it.
I find it interesting at 22:48 he mentions “Jack Torrence with an axe in The Shining”. I guess he mentions that as the film was new and he’s referencing on screen slasher killers, but considering his disdain for Kubrick’s adaptation, I’m surprised he didn’t say “Jack Torrence with a roque mallet”.
Great man and genius writer.
His early titles from the 70's are my favourite but when I read JOYLAND I thought that book might be his most underrated masterpiece. What a phenomenal body of work.
I often wonder why people feel compelled to make comments like 'he's wasted on drugs and alcohol in this video' etc etc. And very often, regardless of who is in the video, they are most often lucid & intelligent, charming and so on. It's as if any known history of an individual's actions, particularly the negative types, are kept in store like bullets.
But people are people, we were always this way. The giant looking glass that is the internet, is always a crystal-clear reflection.
I was minus 6 month old exactly at the time. I grew up reading the masterpieces by this master of storytelling. What impresses me the most is how prolific he is while keeping his creativity and his very unique touch
6:20 Hearing this forty years later, knowing how bad it became for him feels strange. I'm glad he won this fight, else he probably wouldn't be around anymore.
you an AA apostle?
@@adrian-qr6zk are you a moron? Does he have to be an AA apostle to recognize when someone's alcoholism is destroying their life, especially when said person has admitted it?
@@Icantdothatrightnow whatever you say girl
He was right in the middle of his classic period here. In my opinion, he wrote all of this best books in the late 70s and first half of the 1980s.
I agree. I like his later books too, but that first decade or so was his peak.
Agreed. I enjoyed his Kennedy book, but...otherwise never read anything beyond '93. I drifted from fiction in general, so my habits are not without bias. But Gerald's Game and then Nightmares & Dreamscapes....found them very underwhelming. I still revisit some earlier works, though. Considering checking out his Shining sequel and that next chapter of The Talisman.
Same exact time I stopped (at 14).
With a few definite exceptions, some great later work just as good as his early stuff, some maybe even better.
I love this guy more all the time. Absolutely brilliant.
I can't believe this is forty years old.
Thank you for posting this!!
He really looks like Joe Hill here.
Joe hill get his looks from stephen king aka his dad......
Yeah they are like two drops of water. It's actually impressive
Personality-wise aswell. You can see Stephen in Joe a lot when he talks
First thing I noticed. Joe really looks like his dad. I thought it was Joe for a second.
😂Or the other way around, since Joe Hill, is his son! 😂😂
Maybe the lady on the plane who was reading Carrie was named Annie...and she later became his number one fan.
What a brilliant teacher
Love hearing him talk. And also love the q&a parts! Great guy! But to be honest, I've watch so much of his interviews and he always tells the same stories. Though this is one of the early vids so it's ok.
diggin the chill intro music
Is there any lectures or interviews that King had done during the 70's? I'm trying to find some of the earliest videos of the guy.
intro music goes insanely hard
It’s Steve but it’s not yet STEPHEN KING the most ubiquitous English fiction writer of all times. You close your eyes and listen to all the talks he has on RUclips and the timeline doesn’t even exist nor does the person. The only thing that exists is the stories, the hearing, some haircuts and shirts.
He was working on the dark tower at this point. So he was definitely STEPHEN KING. If you don't know the dark tower, you don't know sk
Wow! IT hit me that John Lennon was still alive when he gave this speech.
Jules Ralph Feiffer is an American cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North-America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He is still kicking at 92.
Yep. Most people know who Jules Feiffer is
damn, good quality!
I'm not positive, but I think 22:14 is his wife, Tabby, sitting behind the man in white.
I'd like a sip of whatever is in that plastic cup.
"water"
He looks most like his son at this time in his life.
I’ve thought the same, yeah. Really reminiscent of how Joe Hill usually looks.
More like his soon looks like he does in this video.
Yes!
"occasionally has a gin and tonic"
He is right and he is a genius. 🤩🤩
The younger Stephen King’s look always creeped me out.
He's a true legend!
He talks about people in their 70s -SK will turn 74 in a few weeks.
this so old that the guy didn't even get Stephen King's name right. Is "Edwin" King, not Edward King
Right! 🙄
Anyone who hates The Shining movie eats foul bologna curtains while feeling really really intelligent for doing so.
So Stephen King, then..
Exelente pero es dificil para un escritor escribir guiones vivencias o imaginar cosas que un momento fueron y otras que se conviertan cobrando vidas es un precio alto en este universo que una pluma y tinta pueden moldear la realidad y interactuar en el momento exacto
I dig the intro music
13:54 If somebody asked me the same thing regarding why I write in a horror-Ish fashion. if it were to be more than once then that is where I would reverse the question and it is simple: Why do you ask the repeated question when deep down you already know the answer?
Aw lol the woman at 51:00 she looks terrified lol
Kubrick did a great job with the Shining.
Not really. Have you read the book?
King didn't like that movie
@@GATE-lp2qu not at all. He pretty much said Kubrick fu*ked up the Canon of it, during the authors notes of Dr sleep.
He did. Although King hated it. But the novel over explains. The movie wisely doen't.
@@ianholmquist8492 Just because it's not a faithful adaptation doesn't mean it's a great movie
There are loads of wonderful movies that are only loosely based on their source material
Shall we expect part 2? 🤔
inspirational
The greatness of King is other than the Dark Tower he hasn't serialized his work. Like the Lawyer or cop series like his contemporaries.
The Dark Tower is the greatest series ever written. Possibly the greatest story of all time
The Dark Tower is the greatest series ever written. Possibly the greatest story of all time
@@ianholmquist8492 it's very good. But in the 3rd and 5th books he almost lost me. I usually don't like edited works but he needed a editor on those.
Pretty funny shots at the presidential election in 80.
Hindsight he’s eating a hat.
Rose the hat 👒
adam- no, SK is too delusional to eat a hat. I've love for the man, but politics blind ol' SK.
Writer's don't have a talent per se, their brain is what leads to their success. Stephen King has a brilliant mind.
...to KIng (maybe you know?!) Goethe: you need to have the talent for talent to have success...
Stephen Edwin King (pronunciación: /ˈstiːvən ˈɛdwɪn ˈkɪŋ/) (Portland, Maine; 21 de septiembre de 1947), más conocido como Stephen King y ocasionalmente por su pseudónimo Richard Bachman, es un escritor estadounidense de novelas de terror, ficción sobrenatural, misterio, ciencia ficción y literatura fantástica. Sus libros han vendido más de 500 millones de ejemplares, y en su mayoría han sido adaptados al cine y a la televisión. Ha publicado 65 novelas, once colecciones de relatos y novelas cortas, y siete libros de no ficción, además de un guion cinematográfico, entre otras obras.
76 AÑOS.
That's one thirsty Stevie King
BRO THEY LICENSED AN EARL KLUGH SONG FOR THIS?!
40:00 through 44:00 Langoliers origin in my opinion
Is that Joe hill!?
Noo! 😲It is Mr. Stephen King, when he was younger. Joe Hill is his son, but looks identical!
Ha first time he has a “different “ take on pet sematary ... bing Crosby style
15:00
Ha! Starts off with a great line! Day after Election Day, '80. Man oh man was he right. The long national nightmare began and has not stopped since. Loving this, thanks so much for posting it.
Reagan ended soul crushing inflation, freed the slaves of communism and won the Cold War without firing a shot.
he is remakabale man
22:13..that guy looks really mad..🤔🤔
46:26 if you want to see the living dead
A Yankee in Georgia 😆 🤣 😂 😹 ❤; still two Very Different versions of America. The Election: WOW i remember that; Carter vs Reagan.
The Dead Zone foreshadowed #DonTheCon Trump.
Trump was the only president out of like, the last 10, to not start any new wars. Great, peace loving man
Mystic- as snicker said, Trump started no new wars. YES, the Trumper is an egomaniac, but he was better for America (for the world, I would even argue) than most other US presidents.
@@ThirstyEye Trumpster Fire is evil & will soon be in jail along with his ReTHUGlican cronies. What part of the insurrection (attempt to overthrow the government) did you miss?? All based on lies. Not one iota of proof. Just today, he called his opponents VERMIN. That's right out of Herr Hitler's playbook. Wake Up Dude. He's the worst kind of authoritarian.
33:10 she is getting tired of the dry comedy waiting for him to get to the point of lecture
People seem to get points for doing evil things, now..instead of good things, nowadays, sadly.
The beard is scairer than his books.
He was drunk
He wasn't. But even if he was, he can still tell or write a better story than you and I ever will
@@ianholmquist8492 Great reply.
He very well could have been. He writes about it in his memoir On Writing. He drank and used drugs to get through back then.
@@cameronm6116not really ,a drunk mike Tyson would be able to beat an average joe because it's his profession and he is more experienced, just as king is in writing to people who don't write frequently.
🥃🍸🍹🥴
Steven king keep the day job, you ain't no comedian
Before he went full woke. Man he turned into a walking cliché. Sad to see.
You couldn't have watched the whole video
Talented author but politically ignorant.
but this wasn’t a political discussion
@@liam1428 ?? Nobody said it was, surely not the OP's point.
So he didn’t like Reagan? Reagan was actually a great leader in hindsight. Oh well.
So was Trump. Oh well.
The guy who everyone likes to forget armed iran. Brought cocaine into America , committed war crimes panama and El Salvador ? Not too mention ignored the AIDS epidemic until his Hollywood pals started dying not to mention ruined the American economy w that garbage “trickle down”? Yeah totally awesome leader 😳
@@A_M_P_ great as in he didn’t get us in a war like the past 3 Republicans did? Suppose he did ok. Sat back and collected money from people dum enough to send in money. Been a scumbag since daddy gave him that 2 million dolllars at 18 when he got out of Vietnam
He was not. Reaganomics was the beginning of all the problems we have today.
@@A_M_P_ Trump is better than Reagan. Reagan had issues, but yes- Steve-0's bias against Republicans is childish.
28:46