"I wish I was better." It packs a punch hearing Stephen King struggling with the same thing I am. I'm reading IT right now and I keep finding myself putting the book down to just awe at what I read. He's so good at what he does.
I am so sick of academics putting Stephen King down. They wish they could write 1/4 as well as him. I've been reading him for over thirty years. He is a King!
Storytelling and literature are two different things. If you actually think that King is a better writer than Dickens, Joyce, Faulkner, hell, even Murakami, you need to read more books.
I love that King constantly references other authors. The man reads, takes some entertainment or educational worth from it, and then gives credit where it's due. Pure win.
The Stand is my favourite. It's not long enough. I've read about 20 stephen king books including most of his classics and I'm still reading them because they're amazing. I actually can't describe how much I love reading stephen king books. The first one I ever read was the green mile because I'd seen the film and I literally couldn't put it down. He's a genius. I want to be an author, I haven't got much hope because I'm starting a levels in september but I'm only 17 so there's plenty of time
For those who might be apt to say "Under The Dome" was someone else's idea, you may want to read "The Tommyknockers" where, as the residents of the Main town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods the object contains the townfolk inside a invisible barrier that surrounds the town. The Tommy Knockers was published in 1987, two years before The Simpsons first episode.
just finished the dark tower today, this man is a genius and i look forward to helping my children with their book reports on his work in a decade or two!
People always ask; "where do you get your ideas from?". I'm not a writer myself, but the ideas are the easiest part. It's far more difficult to turn the ideas into a story. And then the story has to be translated into characters, dialogue and descriptions in a language good enough to make people want to read it.
Just love Stephen King. I am still making my way through all of his books. I do read other authors, a select few, but Stephen King takes me to experiences that no other can do. Thank you Mr. King. 🇨🇦
If there was ever a writer who can create a world so real it scares the crap outta ya its Stephen King. An amazing writer, an amazing guy, and if any writer wants to learn fifty years worth of knowledge in a few hours, read his book on Writing.
I loved thinking about writing stories and having been healed one time by a faith healer always wanted to write a story about a faith healer. I have never read Stephen King but when I saw the Green Mile I concluded no one could surpass the subject of healing the he did there.
Did he just say " i wish i was more original " ? He is, more than anyone. King transformed everything around us in nightmares. Our cars, our dogs , our hotels in vacations, sewers, flu, fans, clowns...i've never read anything like it.
Stories about domes over cities is common. It's almost a category. The interviewer ask great questions. I think King has some idea of the coming questions.
Under the Dome/ Simpsons movie, 'salem's Lot/ Dracula, Christine/The Car, elements of Kings works in many tales told before. But nobody does it like the King. An American literary master!
Popular Fiction can also be literary. I like to read all kinds of books so I don't understand readers who are automatically against a certain style of fiction. I just love fiction in general. That's why I love SK's books so much, because he gives me a little bit of everything I could possibly want from a story in all his various masterpieces. The best example of every genre in one I've ever read is The Dark Tower, of course.
Nothing would make me happier as a writer (being published, of course the number #1 spot), then to meet, shake his hand and get some advice on writing from Stephen King. The man is one of THE best alive. His advice would fucking awesome.
5:45 'The Lurker in the Shadows' ? I've tried searching for that story online. Can't find it anywhere. I found The Lurker at the Threshold By August Derleth based on fragments by Lovecraft, could that be what S.K. is talking about?
Good interview. Can't wait to read this one. My favorite books of his (not related to The Dark Tower of course) is, ironically, Rage. Shame he wont let it go back into print. I mean, I understand why he wont re-print it but still, I think its one of his best.
After "shining", you should try "It". King's books are seriously mindblowing. One of those artists who can be loved by millions of people, and still be good as heck.
Chester's Mill was originally formed under the premise of Tarker's Mill from Cycle of The Werewolf - Chester's Mill is West of Tarkers Mill which is East of Derry, Maine - there's a map on Stephen's Wiki page of his fictional areas of Maine, New England. Quite interesting :)
What a brilliant author and have loved his books for yrs and he's still writing and proved that he could write more than silly horror stories ,will be reading him always ,
This man is the King of Horror Novels and Literature itself! I love his devotion to his writing and how me manged coming in with these brilliant plots in ALL he's books. each one is just a joy and countless movie had been made from his books! For first readers of him I suggest: Carrie it's short and easy and will get you into it to reader the bigger books which is all of them. The best in my view is Rose Madder and I'm quite depressed it didn't get the same knowledge as The Shinning it is good!
Interview very nicely done. Love to hear Mr. King talk, about his works & methods, his manner is very easy going and a lot of fun, thank you. Especially during our own Lockdown with the Trump Plague.
It's interesting to speculate on the ages of a lot of commenters, rating certain books as "the best", etc. I say this with no malice whatsoever, I think it is fantastic! I started at about 13 years old with Pet Sematary when it was originally published, and read everything King wrote as fast as could. The books grow with you and change meaning as you grow. To me that may be the greatest part. The story that is the bulk of 'Wizard and Glass' is my favorite. Thanks for your head, Mr. King.
Wow, literature is about extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances while popular fiction is about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances....how true!
I got under the dome today and it's BIG 860 pages or so, it's my first Stephen King book and i love it so far. if i'm through with this one, i'll order the shining :)
@myrtic1 That was exactly the same thing I did. "Under the Dome" was the first King book I read. I immediately read "The Shining" next. A year and a half later, I've read more King books than I can remember.
The one that 'knocked me out' was Needful Things, followed by The Stand uncut and perhaps The Tommyknockers. Reading Lisey's Story right now and intend to get to Christine, The Shining and It at some point...Under the Dome will have to wait a few years...doesn't look short.
"After finishing 'Glitz', I went out to the bookstore and bought everything else of Elmore Leonard I could find." - SK in 1985 "You certainly wouldn't expect him to have produced his best novel [The Hot Kid] at the age of 79, but he seems to have done it." - SK in 2005
I got it sent to me Monday and so far it's his best work since before his accident. Now, if you'll excuse me I need to get back to it. (In other words, it's awesome!)
Above and beyond the fact that he is the king of horror, i also experienced a lot a humour in his writings mainly in IT and the "Stand" i enjoy reading his books as much as he scared the hell out of me to the point it haunted me and subsequently i get up with anxiety.
I am now reading under the dome it's the first novel written by him that I have the chance to read... I am not even half way through the book but I've been having a great reading experience so far.
My favorite SK stories are Misery, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, and Deloris Claiborne. He is an awesome writer and I think when he has a nice body of fiction that is not really about horror but about psychology and human relationships and complex situations. He definitely has the chops to be literary when he wants to be. He also did a nice trilogy (Bill Hodges) that was more mystery/suspense and it was great. He can do whatever he wants, he just likes scaring the be-jesus out of people. I think he spent too much time growing up reading pulp fiction and comic books--that's where the tendency to write horror comes from. I didn't like Dreamcatcher very much, it was too jumbled up and I got the feeling he was writing from a sort of delirum caused by his accident and his health problems healing up from it. It started out great and I was enjoying getting to know the four primary characters and then it devolved into a confused and sort of trite mess. I think he should revisit those four and write a different sort of book. I like how he takes ordinary people and puts them in extraordinary situations where they have to show what they are made of. He has an exquisite touch with characterization much of the time.
I love how his name is bigger than the title on the books in the background. That means that you only need to put Stephen Kings name on a book for it to sell..
I've just strted reading stephen kings books with It being my first one right now. Is cujo a good one? He's written tons of books so idk which one to check out next when I'm done with IT which is a long ass book btw.
@Actuallysalemslot I don't remember when I wrote whatever it is you are responding too, but it's almost certainly old. I don't even remember what you are referring to, so I've got to ask, what was the point?
Stephen King is the best author of all time. Very few authors have affected me so profoundly. And to anyone who feels alienated for not reading the smae stuff as everyone else: I began reading King when I about 12, and I have never regretted it. I hope that one day his books will be taught in classrooms. (I know that in the movie The Covenant they were reading Dreamcatcher for a literature class.)
Some of this man´s work should be mandatory reading in schools around the world. Most people, when you talk about King, they go "..UUhh, spooky.." and not much else. They´re missing out for sure. Be proud, americans, the world´s best contemporary writer is one of you. Peace.
He talked about spina bifida!!! I don't know why i'm so excited, i guess it's because an author mentioned it in an interview. I have spina bifida, so anything that mentions it i get really excited.
I see "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" in the background, first Stephen King book I read and it freaked me out! :p Also "Everything's Eventually" I own that one :) I just got "Under the Dome" a couple days ago, so far so good. I love many of King's books :)
@unrealityproduction That was a really good one.... man I just finished Under The Dome Thursday.... and after 1074 pages it's kinda hard to explain how amazing reading Stephen King is. Have you read Under The Dome? If not I guarantee you'll love spending some time alongside Rennie, Barbie, Julia... anyway. My next one is probably gonna be Desperation, oh shit I can't wait....cheers man, have a good day!
Oh my dear--it's not what's screwed you up, it's what you can do. I've never been a huge fan of Freud but think about the Id and how it comes to the fore when we sleep. In dreams. All of us dream of death, horror and fantastical things. You my dear ARE the luckiest person on earth, in that you can raise and lower that Id, that 'thing' AT WILL and then put it to paper beautifully. Thank you for years of reading pleasures. I wish for one thing. Audio of all novels in your own voice.
Misery is my favorite Stephen King book and movie. Annie Wilks in the movie is an angel compared to how mean she is in the book. If you hadn't read Misery yet I strongly suggest it. Long live the King!
@LunescaZanJari the Dark Tower series is so amazing. It makes me crazy how good they are. Roland is just the most multi-dementional, beautiful, sad, strong, clint eastwood-esque, character i have ever read about. And Stephen is a hero of mine.
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"I wish I was better." It packs a punch hearing Stephen King struggling with the same thing I am. I'm reading IT right now and I keep finding myself putting the book down to just awe at what I read. He's so good at what he does.
Stephen King is simply amazing. Dark Tower series is my favorite.
I am so sick of academics putting Stephen King down. They wish they could write 1/4 as well as him. I've been reading him for over thirty years. He is a King!
48laveo It pisses me off. Just because it isn’t pretentious bullshit literature doesn’t mean that he’s not the greatest storyteller to ever live!
Storytelling and literature are two different things. If you actually think that King is a better writer than Dickens, Joyce, Faulkner, hell, even Murakami, you need to read more books.
It’s all down to taste. If you like writers of the Dickens or Twain ilk, go for it. If you like King or Grisham, that’s fine too.
@@MrZanctum what make em so great?
If he wasn’t good, he would be successful. Who cares what others say.
My "comfort book" is 11-22-63. Not horror, but suspense and soul wrenching and freeing and just sci-fi ultra coolness. I love the love story!
I love that King constantly references other authors. The man reads, takes some entertainment or educational worth from it, and then gives credit where it's due. Pure win.
The Stand is my favourite. It's not long enough. I've read about 20 stephen king books including most of his classics and I'm still reading them because they're amazing. I actually can't describe how much I love reading stephen king books. The first one I ever read was the green mile because I'd seen the film and I literally couldn't put it down. He's a genius. I want to be an author, I haven't got much hope because I'm starting a levels in september but I'm only 17 so there's plenty of time
For those who might be apt to say "Under The Dome" was someone else's idea, you may want to read "The Tommyknockers" where, as the residents of the Main town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods the object contains the townfolk inside a invisible barrier that surrounds the town. The Tommy Knockers was published in 1987, two years before The Simpsons first episode.
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and stephen king wrote The tommyknockers, so yeah, it not somebody else s idea
Prodigious observation skills, great attention to detail and shrewdness: that's what makes Stephen King so unique and successful.
just finished the dark tower today, this man is a genius and i look forward to helping my children with their book reports on his work in a decade or two!
People always ask; "where do you get your ideas from?". I'm not a writer myself, but the ideas are the easiest part. It's far more difficult to turn the ideas into a story. And then the story has to be translated into characters, dialogue and descriptions in a language good enough to make people want to read it.
Just love Stephen King. I am still making my way through all of his books. I do read other authors, a select few, but Stephen King takes me to experiences that no other can do. Thank you Mr. King. 🇨🇦
If there was ever a writer who can create a world so real it scares the crap outta ya its Stephen King. An amazing writer, an amazing guy, and if any writer wants to learn fifty years worth of knowledge in a few hours, read his book on Writing.
The girl who loved Tom Gordon, The green mile, The body (stand by me
I loved thinking about writing stories and having been healed one time by a faith healer always wanted to write a story about a faith healer. I have never read Stephen King but when I saw the Green Mile I concluded no one could surpass the subject of healing the he did there.
Did he just say " i wish i was more original " ?
He is, more than anyone. King transformed everything around us in nightmares. Our cars, our dogs , our hotels in vacations, sewers, flu, fans, clowns...i've never read anything like it.
Currently reading "The Long Walk" friggin' outstanding novel! So realistic I can taste it vividly
Stories about domes over cities is common. It's almost a category. The interviewer ask great questions. I think King has some idea of the coming questions.
Great interview🙏
amazing definition of success. Would be astounding just to sit down and talk with him casually
I just finished The Dark Tower series today and they are definitely the best books I have ever read ... simply amazing...
I liked his distinction between literature and popular fiction. rings true
Under the Dome/ Simpsons movie, 'salem's Lot/ Dracula, Christine/The Car, elements of Kings works in many tales told before. But nobody does it like the King. An American literary master!
Love him, he's amazing, there is no one better!
King is the beeest i loove all of his books!! get to meet this guy is like the dream!!
"The girl who loved Tom Gordon!!" in the background, I have just finished the book.One of my King's favourites of all time.
Popular Fiction can also be literary. I like to read all kinds of books so I don't understand readers who are automatically against a certain style of fiction. I just love fiction in general. That's why I love SK's books so much, because he gives me a little bit of everything I could possibly want from a story in all his various masterpieces. The best example of every genre in one I've ever read is The Dark Tower, of course.
Stephen King has to be regarded, in my opinion, as the greatest author that ever lived. Period.
I LOOVE his work he is a veteran and still one of the BEST.
i just read my 1st Stephen King book, Carrie, i fell in love and now want ot read anything else with his name on it =)
Nothing would make me happier as a writer (being published, of course the number #1 spot), then to meet, shake his hand and get some advice on writing from Stephen King. The man is one of THE best alive. His advice would fucking awesome.
He is so good.
Wishes he had more talent? Is he kidding, lol? He's amazing.
It is the basis of ambitious creatives. You never think you are good enough, so you keep trying to get better and you do.
Just started Wolves of Calla (sitting next to his right arm on the self) the other day, loving it!
It, Needful Things, The Regulators, Desperation- some of my favs
Him//he and Ray Bradbury are my two most favorite writers of all-times..!! Thanks so much for posting this..!!
Always love to hear writers like SK talk.. What makes a guy like him tick !!
Such a fantastic interview!!!!
cool interview
5:45 'The Lurker in the Shadows' ? I've tried searching for that story online. Can't find it anywhere. I found The Lurker at the Threshold By August Derleth based on fragments by Lovecraft, could that be what S.K. is talking about?
he is a great writer and i am doing a project on him right now and i really and enjoying it he is the one who inspired me to become a writer
Good interview. Can't wait to read this one.
My favorite books of his (not related to The Dark Tower of course) is, ironically, Rage. Shame he wont let it go back into print. I mean, I understand why he wont re-print it but still, I think its one of his best.
After "shining", you should try "It". King's books are seriously mindblowing. One of those artists who can be loved by millions of people, and still be good as heck.
Chester's Mill was originally formed under the premise of Tarker's Mill from Cycle of The Werewolf - Chester's Mill is West of Tarkers Mill which is East of Derry, Maine - there's a map on Stephen's Wiki page of his fictional areas of Maine, New England.
Quite interesting :)
There are no words...He is a writer of GREAT MAGNITUDE! *bows down* You ROCK Mr. King! =)
What a brilliant author and have loved his books for yrs and he's still writing and proved that he could write more than silly horror stories ,will be reading him always ,
This man is the King of Horror Novels and Literature itself! I love his devotion to his writing and how me manged coming in with these brilliant plots in ALL he's books. each one is just a joy and countless movie had been made from his books! For first readers of him I suggest: Carrie it's short and easy and will get you into it to reader the bigger books which is all of them. The best in my view is Rose Madder and I'm quite depressed it didn't get the same knowledge as The Shinning it is good!
Interview very nicely done. Love to hear Mr. King talk, about his works & methods, his manner is very easy going and a lot of fun, thank you. Especially during our own Lockdown with the Trump Plague.
It's interesting to speculate on the ages of a lot of commenters, rating certain books as "the best", etc. I say this with no malice whatsoever, I think it is fantastic! I started at about 13 years old with Pet Sematary when it was originally published, and read everything King wrote as fast as could. The books grow with you and change meaning as you grow. To me that may be the greatest part.
The story that is the bulk of 'Wizard and Glass' is my favorite.
Thanks for your head, Mr. King.
Reading Desperation, almost done, LOVE IT!!
He is an absolute genius. His books are the only books that can keep me awake at night.
I love his books. He's a freaking genius!
In the last weeks it was for some days foggy here. In that time I had always thinking about King's story: the mist.
Wow, literature is about extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances while popular fiction is about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances....how true!
I got under the dome today and it's BIG 860 pages or so, it's my first Stephen King book and i love it so far. if i'm through with this one, i'll order the shining :)
@myrtic1 That was exactly the same thing I did. "Under the Dome" was the first King book I read. I immediately read "The Shining" next. A year and a half later, I've read more King books than I can remember.
I want to be like stephen king when I grow up
The one that 'knocked me out' was Needful Things, followed by The Stand uncut and perhaps The Tommyknockers. Reading Lisey's Story right now and intend to get to Christine, The Shining and It at some point...Under the Dome will have to wait a few years...doesn't look short.
How come I haven't seen "Under the Dome," yet?
I'm currently reading The Green Mile books and Different Season, love it.
"After finishing 'Glitz', I went out to the bookstore and bought everything else of Elmore Leonard I could find." - SK in 1985
"You certainly wouldn't expect him to have produced his best novel [The Hot Kid] at the age of 79, but he seems to have done it." - SK in 2005
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I got it sent to me Monday and so far it's his best work since before his accident. Now, if you'll excuse me I need to get back to it. (In other words, it's awesome!)
crently reading IT great book love it i love all of stephen kings books cant wait to read salems lot next
Above and beyond the fact that he is the king of horror, i also experienced a lot a humour in his writings mainly in IT and the "Stand" i enjoy reading his books as much as he scared the hell out of me to the point it haunted me and subsequently i get up with anxiety.
I am now reading under the dome it's the first novel written by him that I have the chance to read... I am not even half way through the book but I've been having a great reading experience so far.
My favorite SK stories are Misery, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, and Deloris Claiborne. He is an awesome writer and I think when he has a nice body of fiction that is not really about horror but about psychology and human relationships and complex situations. He definitely has the chops to be literary when he wants to be. He also did a nice trilogy (Bill Hodges) that was more mystery/suspense and it was great. He can do whatever he wants, he just likes scaring the be-jesus out of people. I think he spent too much time growing up reading pulp fiction and comic books--that's where the tendency to write horror comes from.
I didn't like Dreamcatcher very much, it was too jumbled up and I got the feeling he was writing from a sort of delirum caused by his accident and his health problems healing up from it. It started out great and I was enjoying getting to know the four primary characters and then it devolved into a confused and sort of trite mess. I think he should revisit those four and write a different sort of book. I like how he takes ordinary people and puts them in extraordinary situations where they have to show what they are made of. He has an exquisite touch with characterization much of the time.
I feel that way about Carrie (which I read recently - again) :-)
i'm 12 and read It and now i'm almost done with Desperation!! he's awesome!!!!!!!!!!
I love Stephen!!!!!!!!
I love how his name is bigger than the title on the books in the background. That
means that you only need to put Stephen Kings name on a book for it to sell..
under the dome. eight hundred pages and heavy as hell. its brilliant
One of the greatest writers of our time. Simple as that.
One of the greatest writers of our generation. It's funny how when I watch some scary movies and find out that it was based on King's books.
Stephen King is so good, if you think you're not afraid, try to read DreamCatcher, my favorite. It isn't small and with a lot of suspense!
There filming a movie for "Bag of Bones" Right around where I live, Like 10 minutes away :]
you notice how this is the most viewed meet the writers out of them all
i've loved every book i've read of his. for me there's none better than the Dark Tower series.
I've just strted reading stephen kings books with It being my first one right now. Is cujo a good one? He's written tons of books so idk which one to check out next when I'm done with IT which is a long ass book btw.
@Actuallysalemslot I don't remember when I wrote whatever it is you are responding too, but it's almost certainly old. I don't even remember what you are referring to, so I've got to ask, what was the point?
the green mile is really great... I also love Lisey's Story and The Stand.
Stephen King is the best author of all time. Very few authors have affected me so profoundly. And to anyone who feels alienated for not reading the smae stuff as everyone else: I began reading King when I about 12, and I have never regretted it. I hope that one day his books will be taught in classrooms. (I know that in the movie The Covenant they were reading Dreamcatcher for a literature class.)
Some of this man´s work should be mandatory reading in schools around the world. Most people, when you talk about King, they go "..UUhh, spooky.." and not much else. They´re missing out for sure. Be proud, americans, the world´s best contemporary writer is one of you. Peace.
He talked about spina bifida!!! I don't know why i'm so excited, i guess it's because an author mentioned it in an interview. I have spina bifida, so anything that mentions it i get really excited.
Me too! It got me kinda excited as well.
I love Stephen King, he is fantastic.
@drummermylo I know! I can't seem to find an interview just about The Dark Tower books. I literally couldn't put them down, especially near the end.
I see "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" in the background, first Stephen King book I read and it freaked me out! :p Also "Everything's Eventually" I own that one :) I just got "Under the Dome" a couple days ago, so far so good. I love many of King's books :)
Best writer in the world !!
love him
I love his Books !
I see Dark Tower books in the background, best series ever
@unrealityproduction That was a really good one.... man I just finished Under The Dome Thursday.... and after 1074 pages it's kinda hard to explain how amazing reading Stephen King is. Have you read Under The Dome? If not I guarantee you'll love spending some time alongside Rennie, Barbie, Julia... anyway. My next one is probably gonna be Desperation, oh shit I can't wait....cheers man, have a good day!
Oh my dear--it's not what's screwed you up, it's what you can do. I've never been a huge fan of Freud but think about the Id and how it comes to the fore when we sleep. In dreams. All of us dream of death, horror and fantastical things. You my dear ARE the luckiest person on earth, in that you can raise and lower that Id, that 'thing' AT WILL and then put it to paper beautifully. Thank you for years of reading pleasures. I wish for one thing. Audio of all novels in your own voice.
Misery is my favorite Stephen King book and movie. Annie Wilks in the movie is an angel compared to how mean she is in the book. If you hadn't read Misery yet
I strongly suggest it. Long live the King!
I'm amazed people don't mention Th Dark Tower more. I'm up to Wolves of Calla and it been incredible so far.
cool guy... i love his books.. but i also love just listening him tell stories
LOL at the change of voice @6:34
Great interview questions
And having the discipline to get your butt in the chair and actually write and not be afraid to write crap first drafts. That's a big hurdle for many.
Desperation by Stephen King was a long read with 700 pages, but a really good read.
My hard cover is 400 something pages...
im reading everythings eventual.. great
@LunescaZanJari the Dark Tower series is so amazing. It makes me crazy how good they are. Roland is just the most multi-dementional, beautiful, sad, strong, clint eastwood-esque, character i have ever read about. And Stephen is a hero of mine.