Carrie: Rescued from the Bin | Mark Lawson Talks to Stephen King | BBC Studios
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- Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025
- Stephen King talks about giving up teaching and throwing away his first novel, Carrie. Great clip from BBC show Mark Lawson Talks To: Stephen King. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide RUclips channel here: / bbcworldwide
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the way Stephen King expresses himself in such a detailed way is so amazing.
Carrie - one of his shortest novels - took him nine months to write and it's still epic, just like every other book of his.
No disrespect to any other author, but Stephen King by a bloody mile is the greatest author of all time. His books got me into reading and for that, I will always be thankful :)
JTdangerman Amen! He is the best~ I grew up on his writings & movies that were based on them. The best writers are BORN with their gift~ Some need their gift awakened by years of studies & hard work.... But SK is by far & away the best~ PERIOD! jb
HAHAHAHHAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA. good one, pal.
100%
Better than Cormac McCarthy and Philip Roth?
I love SK, really do, as writer and person....but seriously....if you tell that to him...he would laugh his ass.
I have endless respect for King, he is my hero and idol.
CARRIE is a pretty fun read. One of my favorite parts, is reading about the rocks falling from the sky. Original teen horror.
he is what i would call A REAL LEGEND. He's amazing. My favorite book from him is IT
I've never taken a creative writing class where I was "taught" how to write. You can't teach writing, but creative writers are some of the best people to run and facilitate critique sessions, which is what a creative writing class should be. It should be about telling fellow writers what worked and what didn't and to give ideas for novels and short stories to read to grow their knowledge of writing.
The quote I use in class is "The more I practice the luckier I get" - and although originally said by a golfer it is true in life too and very much with writing.
He's the quentissential aspect to horror..carrie still haunts me to THIS DAY
Such a legendary story about how Carrie was saved.
Give it up for his honesty.
Such wisdom... I bow to this man.
Him and Ray Bradbury are my two favorite authors of all-times!! Thanks so much for posting this.
As I have said before, why his movies fall short of the novels in general is that Stephen King's most impressive ablity is not so much the plot(aside from the Gunslinger series(his Magnum Opus and long term work)), but the way he describes things and his ability to narrate like the character he is focusing on. :D
True. Plus, in these regards, those in the cinema world may assert that it is hard to "show" what many characters are feeling and experiencing from the purely VISUAL medium they work within. In other words, words on a page are one form of expression, yes; visually showing that same form of expression through a screen is another thing entirely, which can be difficult given the story and such
Has anyone seen the movie 'The Mist', based on one of Mr. King's short stories. It is a very awesome movie!
Great interwiew of a great writer.
I love both the book and the film, CARRIE is my #1 SK book!
"Running Man.....written in ten days"........hahah he says and does it like nothing, love this man.
Writing can't be taught, but it can be learned. A teacher's best (and perhaps only) constructive role is to take the person that has all the energy, and talent and tools, and point them in the right direction.
Stephen Kiing was the only one that convenced me to start writing. He is the best writer for me personally. I love his work and I wish to recommend his work to anyone considers creative writing, seriously. He is one of the Greatest writers ever!
stephen king is my favorite writer, i really admire his work!!! im pretty good at writing, but im just a college student!!!!
..and The Green Mile and Shawshank and Stand By Me and The Shining and Misery? The guy has written so many great books that have been made into great films.
Creative writing can't be taught per se, but it can be encouraged, and teachers can make the space and time for it for their students. In my high school creative writing classes, we read really good samples of writing, we discuss various genres in case the kids had never thought to attempt them, I encourage the kids to try things like irony and foreshadowing, I offer them prompts and exercises, I let them come up with their own prompts and exercises... but the most important thing is that they have a regular time in which they put their phones away and write. I'm in an experimental school where I don't have to grade them and I think that's a tremendous help. On the other hand, we do discuss what they thought was successful in their writing and why, and what they were dissatisfied with and why. They get a chance to think about what they write.
yeah good mind on mr king. i was 7 years old when my older cousin finished 'pet sematery' he left it there in our house..i asked my mom if i could read it,she said no,i was pretty sad,so i snuck it into my room and read it every night. i must've used the dictionary a hundred times to get some words right but,yeah that was my first book ever..i've been a fan ever since
Damn. It's a shame it got cut off at "I certainly knew how outsiders felt." Now I'm curious; I want elaboration, lol
he's embarrassed? i just read carrie for the first time a couple of weeks ago. blew my mind, now i'm reading the dead zone
The chap is spot on about everything he says here.
I would like to see King interviewed about The Stand.
I think that it is his best work so far.
I love Stephen King! Great interview!
Please post more of this interview if you have it. PLEASE! I BEG YOU! Will you do it now?
I don't read Stephen King's books just because they're too dark and scary for me. However, I've read his book On Writing and I watch his interviews a lot. He gives great advice and I have learned so much from him.
The Shining's a great movie. Some people get upset that it's not the same as the book.. but it's a well established fact now that films never live up to the book when directors try to copy them. Kubrick did a great job putting it on film and his use of light in that movie is the best I've seen.
What a legend!
Kudos 2 BBC coVeraGe of A GeNiuS !
I'm at that point now in my life. I read all of his wonderful 'scary' stories in my youth, but no longer like that genre. Highly recommend two of his books that are NOT that genre 1) 11/22/63 and 2) Eyes of the Dragon.
Stephen KIng Rocks!
Smart Guy!
When I write, my brain become overloaded with informations, it's like I'm living inside my head and it's quite hard to switch it off. Always thinking about the next line, the next chapter, how many more pages before the end. It's exhausting and exilirating in the same time.
Very unlikely, but I hope that one day the BBC will release the full interview...
The guy that is interviewing him nods so much...
I'm not a fan of most of his works but he is one of the most brilliant voices in cutting through the bullshit surrounding writing and seeing your ideas through to completion, even if you doubt yourself. I've read On Writing- one of the best books to get you inspired.
@wiggalama Agreed - and his style is very personal as well, I haven't read anyone who writes quite like him. Many authors write from the inside of the characters minds, but not like the way Stephen King does, his sense of psychology is wonderful that way. The way he writes the persons thoughts and reactions to everything happening, just like they percieve them in the moment, even filled with short impulses interrupting their chain of thoughts.
I absolutely agree with you..
what version of The shining do you refer to?
My favorite Stephen King book is Fire Starter that book needs to be a movie.
It is a movie. It came out in 1984 and starred Drew Barrymore.
Wish I could see the full thing... Let me know if someone uploads it! :-)
Artificial Inspiration can be realized with A.I. and words. Then A.I. turns it in a paragraph or two. You can then change words around if truly you get inspired.
Plug it up! Plug it up! Who could forget that part?! Certain parts of King's books always stick with me. Like that part in The Dark Half where the surgeon see's the eye blink at him in Thad's brain. Or when Roland blows away the whole town in the Gunslinger. SK's a master at painting vivid pictures in your mind.
My Hero~:0)
Read King's book "On Writing." It is this interview times 250 pages. It is half writing guide, half autobiography of how and why he became a writer. Very, very well worth it.
Great words. Thanks for posting this video. When was this interview broadcast? Is there a full version of this on RUclips?
im currently reading night shift and love it
When Stephen King was talking about teaching, he was talking about teaching at Hampden Academy. Guess where I go to school? Hampden Academy. c:
11/22/63 might be something you like too. Read the synopsis, not like his usual. :-)
Writing cannot be taught. Absolutely correct. Can't put in what God left out. Another gem of King's : "Read a lot; Write a lot.", and "A writer writes."
The 1997 version of The Shining was the best terror movie I have seen.
Genius!
I've yet to see Christine, but there's a couple of other good movies based on King's books: The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me (based on The Body) spring to mind.
good luck to you sir, ive tried writing before, ibut i seem to run out of juice before the story reaches a climax,
anyone else see in the begging that the Marks head is going nuts with agreement while king is talking to him
I believe everyone can learn how to hone their gifts, but you are either creative or you aren't. We all have different gifts.
Ive only read the Green Mile. I LUFFED it. Now Im reading Pet Sematary.
i do not think creativity can be taught as such but a lot o writers like little excercises to spur them on,or to learn about plot,structure,theme,dialogue and how to present work proessionally plus feedback fro other writers.I do like stephen kings work
@DoctorWho1983 maybe sounds funny to you, but when he wrote "running man" he did as Richard Bachman, and as I understood, bachman was a different guy ( the dark half of king`s mind )...my 1st book of SK was "it" my brother gave it to me when I was 10 at 1990...now I have maybe the half of his books...
That man knows whats up.
Love Sk. My personal favorites from the 8 books I've read of his: 1. Bag of Bones, 2. Pet Sematary, 3. Gerald's Game (yes, I liked it, lol. I know most people think it's one of his worst, but I found the whole experience facinating. Least favs? I'd have to so far go with Cell and Dreamcatcher. I liked Cell better, though.
je vous aime
is there a full interview of this?
I don't like the book that much, but the movie is a masterpiece. However, without the book - there would be no movie. So - THANK GOD Mrs. King saved it!
That's true you can't teach someone to be a great artist whether its writing, music, painting or filmmaking You either have the talent or you don't.Some people think they will go to the best Art school and automatically become successful It doesn't work that way
I did read Eyes of the Dragon, liked it, tried to read The Stand and gave up. The Dark Tower series?
Especially if you go by The Dark Tower series.
Good story bro
yeah man stephen king has always stunned me !
I've seen another one of his interviews were he just bashes on the author of that twilight b.s lol
but beside the point he has a very cool imagination.
King didn't care for Kubrick's The Shining". He felt it was cold; just the bones of the story with no character development. I have to agree. This tends to be the way with most of the movie adaptions, save for Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.
I get what he's saying,he's saying you can teach the structure of writing,but teaching people how to be creative,you can't.They either are creative or not,and whether people like it or not,is up to them,you might have to teach,
guess im dropping that creative writing class i signed up for...
@herebethetruth for his voice, it's the accent. But now you mention it, it's kinda scary haha.
yeah! I heard that when stephen king took carrie to a publisher, he threw it in the trash. So, stephen looked around other places then one company finally published it
@DoctorWho1983 you cant deny the fact that If bachman`s true ID was never revealled, I wonder how many awesome books we have on that reality...try Rage as example, the long run...SK admit that Bachman`s had a different energy...and human mind still an unsolved mystery...of course now everyone knows Bachman and King are the same guy, but back then...
he denies that claim in the dark tower series
If you watch the Stephen King 13 minute interview, you'll see that he wears a medal of Mary holding up her hands as if saying that she accepts him for who he is. Also he says that he does believe in our God (I'm a Christian as well), and (this is in another interview) if he didn't have God or the medal he wouldn't be able to keep sane. Writing is just a venting thing for him; to get rid of his fears. One of his quotes is: "We create our own fears to help us cope with the real ones."
Great psychologist. He is what Stalin (as much as I hate to refere to the Soviet dictator) would call "an engineer of the human mind."
I don't see how people can find King's work "scary", or "disturbing". Frankly, I find them interesting and suspenseful, more than scary. Perhaps I am just as fucked up as he is.
I always thought that the boss in The Incredibles looked just like Stephen King.
I think I was about 13 or so, I found 'The shining' in a 2nd hand bookstore - this was way before the awful movie). I read it in my room as dusk fell, spooked myself silly LOL. I became fan then; tho I have to say I never liked Pet Semetary much. I liked your image of the kid with the dictionary tho :)
@herebethetruth
king wrote the book the shining describing himself. :)
The Shining is a great movie. But it's not the book that King wrote. I'm sure all writers have problems seeing their writing in the adapted movies
Sissy Spacek on why she thinks CARRIE was such a successful and now iconic movie: “Well first of all, Stephen King wrote us a great story.”
How do you account for the extreme changes to Margaret White's death, Carrie's death, not to mention the shock ending... all unique to the film and Stephen King adored the changes, even stating he wished he'd thought of the ending himself.
Carrie in King's book is fat and spotty, Spacek was neither.
@@rnw2739 I’m not sure what you’re asking me. Yes, some details of the film were different than the original novel, as is not uncommon with novels adapted for the screen. It’s still essentially the same story and Sissy’s statement is still valid.
@SidNightWalker then what do you call The Langoliers? major fuckin around goin on there
The reaction Sandy has when her baby dies it´s one of the most disturbing scenes King has ever writen, with all and all, though not my favorite SK book, i´ve enjoyed some parts of it, the ones you mention are quite disturbing.
hah i happen to currently be reading carrie...
yeah but what does he mean by 'punitive writers'? did i mishear?
I think that King's refusal to plot his story is his brilliance but also his curse. A lot of his writing starts to fall apart towards the end and certainly unnecessarily long.
King looks like a real life character from a Dr Seuss book. No!
Lol
@herebethetruth You know every character that is a writer that King wrote about is based on himself so no shit he'd act like him.
He wrote The Running Man in ten days?!?!?!?! Thats 33 pages a day!!!!!
Talk about 5 minute wonder!
@kingcoapa
Bachman was done as publicity stunt by stephen king, it wasn't an altered ego or any of that. He's just that good and likes messing with peoples heads
Let’s thanks his wife for Carrie
and so should he because without the success of 'Carrie' and its subsequent movie adaptation, Stephen King would never be who he is.
@herebethetruth
YES
HELLO MR TORENCE
ITS TONY! LOL
@herebethetruth
Shit, you're right.
It's a pity that you care. I personally don't resort to such sophisticate details when I type comments on RUclips. I appreciate the remark, however...
@madphilgreenballs Try Dolores Claiborne.