Stephen King interview (1993)
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- Stephen King shares his admiration for "Dracula," why he thinks people are drawn to horror, what makes a good film adaptation, and the favorite way he's killed a character.
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Hes Brilliant! Thanks for the entertainment and thank you also for the acting work on Castle Rock!!!
I know Stephen King did not direct "Under The Dome" wrote the book, but I am currently watching the series👍. Matter of fact, Stephen appeared in Season 2 as one of the extras.
Another of America’s great writers who’s pop culture popularity has left him criminally underrated as a literary genius. Him, Raymond Chandler and Rod Serling; all ingrained into the psyche of Americana now . . . But, people dismiss their stuff as, “trashy,” or just too, “pop-culture,” for them, without really seeing the cleverness, the eloquence and genius of their creations
@@iwillelude9751 : He does that a lot. His screen adaptations are very hit and miss; some great some awful, but none do justice to his excellent prose. “As he inhaled the crazy perfume of scorched blood and burning fox fur, his anger only deepened . . . And he was loving every moment.” Who could come up with that? 😁👍
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"Fiction is a lie... but Good Fiction is the truth inside a lie" I'll remember that quote, Mr King
Henrik Ekberg what an amazing quote!
That's from the opening of IT.
Good fiction is the subconscious truth
Stephen King is an excellent writer. He is the only writer that's managed to actually scare me in his writing what's the point of horror if it doesn't scare you I get so disappointed if I read something or watch something that's supposed to be scary and it's not I walk away disappointed Stephen King never disappoints.
This hit hard.
Stephen king 1993: has written 27 books
Stephen King 2020: has written 96 books
@Commander Keen to me it does not matter if they are good. I love Stephen King as writer. The way he writes makes me want to read his other books.
@Commander Keen Have you read them all to voice a valid opinion? I'd say Thinner and The Tommy Knockers are not great concepts, but as Aly Topor says in other words, it's King's voice as an author that makes all his stories enjoyable.
Aly Topor Just Monika
I've read em all, and while I dont love every one of them-insomnia, rose madder- I always come back for the voice. He tells a great story, even when the story isn't great.
As for it being only for the money- get a grip, he hasn't needed the money in years, so clearly not
That is interesting indeed. The fact that he wrote less when he started, but he seemed much more confident and overall younger. Obviously time passes by and even genius minds have their respective creative twilights. By this I mean, maybe he started writing a lot more, but he began to fault compared to his brillant first novels like Carrie, Tommyknockers, It, Pet Sematary, and other jewels. But despite all this, I love Stephen King, and I cant thank hin enough for giving me a renewed hope for american literature when I thought I won't find any more writers to enjoy due to the modern crap we have to go through nowadays
I love his books but what I love the most about Stephen King is that he seems like a guy you could just hang out with and have a beer and not feel intimidated. Just seems like a cool cat.
Except he doesn't drink anymore
Root beer maybe 😏 sobriety looks good on him! Such a beautiful soul.
Total fucking stud he is
I love his books
@@thenewyorkcitizen I never started drinking. It's just the turn of phrase common for a couple of guys hanging out and shooting the shit.
I've read a lot of Stephen King and even if you hate all his horror novels, it's still hard to argue that "The Green Mile" won't stand the test of time. He also wrote the novella that inspired the Shawshank Redemption. He isn't just a horror novelist. He's a great author who often dips into horror, or suspense or thrillers, but often times goes elsewhere. One of the best writers of the 20th-21st century in my opinion.
Totally true!
I tried several times to read a book of his , never got through more than ten pages. Barker, Herbert, many other far better writers.
@@davidian2.024 lol. After 10 pages you could only just barely begin to get a feel for style, but would have no idea of the substance or the adventure the author takes you on. You basically said “I’ve read essentially nothing he’s written but I’m just going to name some random authors and say they’re better. What a pointless comment lol.
Not a lot of people say he’s the greatest actual writer, even himself. But he tells some damn good stories.He’s probably not one of the greats writers, even if our time, but he’s certainly one of the best storytellers and that’s why he’s so famous.
Without a doubt he’s a legend. And I hate horror. But I’m a writer and can appreciate his genius.
@@davidian2.024 James Herbert is like a bad British cover version of King. And i say that as a big fan of both.
"relatively wealthy.....but I have a lot of relatives." lol
Soon as I heard that I scrolled down for the winner that would comment about it... +1 haha
I laughed at that, the interviewer was still fake-laughing about something else when he said it
@@kreipflagra3116 Charlie Rose
Rose didn't catch it.
Shut up dummy
He's a great verbal communicator.
Joe Smith totally agree. An interviewers dream.
Joe Smith yes. He has a way with words...
Yes he is very articulate
+Jose Cruz Parker - Not "duh", there is a huge difference between verbal communication and written communication. SK even says in this interview that he's better at writing than speaking.
@José Cruz Parker most writers are introverts and cannot express themselves verbally as well as they can through textual based communication.
"It's made me relatively wealthy."
"Not just relatively -- very!"
"Well, I have a lot of relatives."
Lol. Genius.
I thought the opposite
What's the actual joke here? I don't get it
@@gerhitchman If u didn't realize it yet he's saying his relatives probably suddenly became unable to survive without his handouts of $ after he became rich.
Most pro athletes are brought down to bankruptcy after their career ends from hangers on and family that beg for $ for a living.
The overwhelming majority of jobs in Maine for regular people coming out of high school are strictly minimum wage with no opportunity for advancement. And you may wonder why don't people just leave? The military is really the only way out if your family does not have money to give you a good start. otherwise it costs a tremendous amount of money to move out of state and there's no guarantee that you will be successful if you do so a lot of people stay because they don't know where else to go. it's not that is relatives are probably lazy it's that they are probably typical mainers that do work hard but are stuck in dead-end jobs that pay nothing. Back when we had paper mills maybe we were doing okay but the fishing industry is our big industry and unless you have family or someone very close to you that's a captain the best you're ever going to be is a sternman the only way that you can really be a captain is if you are very well connected it's very hard to get a lobster boat license there's a lot of cronyism in that too. It's not like other places where you can get a job in a company and advance there's a few companies like that down in Portland and stuff like that but the rest of the state there's nothing but dead-end jobs year-round and seasonally you do have well paying jobs on the boats as a sternman or third man but the catch is is that that season is so short-lived it doesn't really help you much financially you would still need to take a job at a convenience store or a fast food joint just to pay your bills through the year and the rents here are crazy I live in a single wide trailer in a trailer park in the middle of my town my rent is $895 a month for this single wide and nothing is included and the heating oil is insane it costs nearly $1,000 to fill up the tank and that only gets me through maybe 2/3 of the winter.
@Stafford Venema sorry not reading all of that, the guy asked why Mr. Kings line was funny to people and i did. I swear people on the internet get off to telling people they're wrong somehow.
I love this interview, so honestly, so held, no bullshit laughter, no forced smiles, just the two of them and the camera crew. So intimate
Dudes a stiff.
you can see his personality in his books. he goes into deep detail with his answers as he does in his books. I have to say one of the greatest authors of his genre
big t I think the deep detail is what makes his writing so amazing and gripping, it paints a believable reality and you can see everything in your minds eye. I think a lot of authors gloss over details, to speed the story along but that is what gives it real meat
Sunshine Luke EXACTLY !! He taps into your mind perfectly !!!
No, he's the greatest of his genre. There can be no question. He wrote the Green Mile and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption .. and they're two of people's favorite films.
Nautilus1972 YES !! BOTH great movies and great reads !!👍👍
@@Nautilus1972 I love many of his books and the resulting movies! But my favorite is Dolores Claiborne.
Stephen King: I’m a much better writer than I am a talker” - man I could listen to him talk all day and night (especially at night :-) )
Fcking pervert
Ugly Rockstar takes one to know one buddy
"I've had a long career, and I've killed a lot of people."
And he got away with it. The perfect criminal.
wooden shelf hahaha I laughed my butt off at that as well
😂
@@lukeskywalker6809So The Dark Half was about Stephen King
And I've not finished yet !
The man found the joy in his work. Everything else is frivolous
Maybe yours is overrated
I'd buy Stephen King's laundry list.
Or his shopping list....My fave author EVER!
TheImmortalArcher jesus, if you want something you’d be too scared to finish. The laundry list is like his 80’s 90’s books tenfold
I'd buy his laundry
She dies in the end.
TheImmortalArcher 😂… EXACTLY !!!
I would LOVE to see a Netflix series of The Stand.
And The Long Walk would fit wonderfully into this dark, teen sci-fi movie franchise thing that's going on. It would be better, because teenagers want something truthful and dark and The Long Walk was so refreshingly pessimistic.
Michael Nell I'm a teenager and I don't really want something truthful.
Michael Nell teens nowadays wouldn’t understand the awesomeness of the stand. kids just want stupid jumpscares with romance and stupid action.
@@jedijoey3 I am a teen,and,I love the stand
cubsfan 154e56544 i know bud, i didn’t mean all teens
Bizarre as this sounds. Stephen King is underrated. He’s very interesting also. An interviewers dream.
No. He isn't underrated, he most succesfully writers with HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, but King is best own kinda way but i keep best who write gothic horror novels Edgar Allan Poe, also HP Lovecraft's is great but i m not so big lovecraft fan, i like more Edgar Allan Poe.
Commas exist.
I agree, he doesn't do many interviews, so for him to do one with Charlie shows how much mutual respect there is here. Great interview. Huge King fan for most of my life
How is he underrated? Movies like The Shining, Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are considered one of the best movies of all time. He's the most successful writer of novels in Hollywood. And as a writer he sold more than 300 million books and considered one of the best writers of all time.
King is in the top five most wealthy authors of all time. Underrated is not a word that should be used to describe him.
The best thing about King for me is the atmosphere he builds in every book he writes. Especially with his 1980s and 1990s books, you really can feel the setting of the story. You’re in the towns he’s built. You’re in Castle Rock, you’re in the Barrens. There is a very tangible feeling of being there. There are times when I will be outside and places I see and go to bring me back into the worlds he’s created and it adds so much to his writing for me that it’s able to transcend and occupy my own real life. He is truly my favorite writer.
One of the best interviews with King I've seen.
Pretty much the only one I've seen.
Goran Zaprianov - Songs would be better if the annoying cunt interviewer would let stephen speak and stop interrupting, how the fuck does he think we wanna hear him over Stephen?
@@hl8808 “The Texas Tower.”
“No. Stfu, idiot.”
@@r4h4al GET TO WORK WATCHING THE REST & LEARN
"Good fiction is the truth INSIDE the lie." wow...that's one to scribble down in my dog-eared author's notebook. excellent. thank you mr. king :)
He was not at all the first to say this, of course, if you are a collector of quotes, you will have heard something similar long before King saying it.
It's a opening message by King in the book IT, he says "Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists."
He does not say that in this interview....
Keeping a notebook is the best way to Immortalize terrible ideas!
-Stephen King
Eyes wide shut ass lapdogs
#ThesePeopleAreSick
Stephen King has been an inspiration to me since I was just a young girl in my pre-teens. I used to "borrow" my stepdad's Stephen King books and stay up late reading them, terrified to go to sleep without a light on. Stephen inspired me to become a writer. I can thank my being published to a course I took on writing specifically for publication and Stephen King's book "On Writing: A Memoir to the Craft."
For years, I've had an idea for a horror and my ultimate dream would be to present my idea to Stephen King himself and have him write it, but I know he'd most likely tell me that it's a good idea and I should write it!
This is an excellent interview. Thank you for sharing.
🌹🌹🌹
So, did you wrote that book?
I think that the reason why The Charlie Rose Show is seemingly held in high regard is because of its one-on-one, audience-free, long-form content - not because of Charlie's skills as an interviewer. He is an awful listener, he interjects all the time, stresses the interviewee, changes the subject hurriedly, and doesn't let people finish sentences and trains of thought. In today's podcast-era, we have higher demands and expectations of the interviewer - or rather, the host of the conversation.
That being said, Stephen King is a fascinating speaker.
Wasn't Rose fired for sexual harassment? Guess he didn't listen to them either.
That style of conversation is a very “east coast” kind of interaction (I’m from the east coast, BTW). When two people are excited about a subject it becomes kind of a wrestling match to exchange ideas and you almost feed the other person’s contribution rather than “interrupt”. It’s a very difficult style to unlearn 🥴
@@twist7799 bitch ass
Garbage interviewer
@@hobbyhopper3143 Smart observation.
Stephen King's short stories are beyond amazing. "Rainy Season" is such a great story. He undersells it like crazy in his brief description. Nightmares and Dreamscapes is worth reading multiple, multiple times.
schmidt640 I’ve read it a couple of times and will read it again 😃🇦🇺
'i have nightmares and dreamscapes and agree trad it alot was even reading it today at library read so many times the cover is off
Oh, Nightmares and Dreamscapes. "Suffer the Little Children," "My Pretty Pony," "The Night Flier," "Crouch End," "Umney's Last Case," "The Doctor's Case." All of them soooooo gooooood. Nothing can ever match (for me, at least) the viscerally horrifying stories in Night Shift, but most all of the tales in N&D come closer than anything.
Those are the thickest glasses I've ever seen in my life.
He's been severely myopic since childhood.
He must have exceptional eyesight to see through them.
He uses them to see the future
big glasses for a big Man
@Learning how to see I severely doubt it.
he is so smart and wise, and intelligent.
Listening to his words and sentences is amazing to me.
Very unique guy!
He is inspiring
My whole life I've been alone. Since my childhood I had no one to talk, or share my emotions with. But this guy talked to me a lot. I know this guy is famous for writing horror stories, but he also writes very human. He's stories are full of human dilemmas, horrors and emotions. I grow up with his books. I experienced emotions with his characters which I couldn't even imagine I could by myself. I love this guy like the father that I've never had. Thanks Stephen for enriching my sad life with your creations. Right now I'm reading his latest work, "If it bleeds". I just love every one of it's words.
Such a great comment. 100% agree 💯 with you. King is enciclopedia of this civilization ❤ I also talked with him through his books. You're not alone ❤
I love your comment. It literally feels like he’s reading along with me while I’m in one of his novels. He’s so beautifully personal
what a great human being... love Stephen King.
William Sauer YES he IS !!👍👍
@Bananasplit Films Drugs Darling, drugs...
@@christar9527 This is just because of one of scene from It.
@@fr7nkyph7llyj7ne5 what
My mom had a copy of Nightmares and Dreamscapes in a Bookshelf in the Dining Room, I used to get scared walking by it as a kid, turned out to be one of my favorites by King when I got old enough to read it..
It's the cover image right?
Yep, with the scarecrow and an empty highway road at night.
These days it mesmerises me, but like you, as a kid it freaked me out.
*****
Learn basic reading comprehension little bitch..
Gotta love those foreign exchange students eh? =p
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”- Lovecraft
"Come with me and I will say things to you that no one else will say, and I will show you things that nobody else dares to show to you." I wish he hadn't interrupted him on that thought. Damn it! When will interviewers learn to let King ramble?! They interrupt him to the day. Eugh!
hetaes right!?
Yes, and it seems that they (most interviewers) cut in, when the guest is saying the most profound things!
I hate how charlie kept doing that 😡
I have read most of his books great author.
it is always a joy to watch and listen to Stephen King talk. Thank you so much to David Vaipan for sharing these 34 minutes from 1993.
He achieved his dream. "IT" is our Draculla. It has stood the test of time; and is being revised, revisited, and remade generation after generation.
When I first read It as a teen, when it came out, it blew my mind.
Last year I started re-reading through all his novels again and while its still good it certainly didn't blow me away. I wouldn't put " It " in his top 20...massively bloated and needed at least 400 pages cut...and I love the stand which is heftier so don't put its failing down to it being too long.
It - a good novel but massively over rated.
It should have been longer in my opinion, one of those books I couldn't wait to jump into again
To say you are , "reaching," is an understatement.
@@trissloan2340 it goes without saying, our generational gap may be coming into play lol. I dont need to know your age to infer your resistance is the same as most ideologues, and probably because, your closer to Kings age than I am. Thus, to feel what I, and 80 other people do, you had to be there lol, meaning, you had to be a child in the 90s. It must be hard knowing King is a contemporary who created a ubiquitous household name in the same time you have lived, and had a chance to create your own.
It's all love, though.
I liked the recent movie better than the book, much better ending
26:03
That face the interviewer makes when King doesn’t let him interrupt him again has me dead
That's called a look of someone who is listening. Rose was leading into the next question and King had further thoughts on the original point, which is why he cut him off. It's because he had to get the thought out, it isn't about these guys "rudely interrupting". These guys are just talking. Theres obviously no hard feelings at all.
The camera man did him dirty
I've been a die-hard King fan since 1975. I've read all of his books multiple times. I've read The Dark Tower saga in sequence 6 times.
filmmistaker 😂😂😂
I my self have reread the DT at least 3 times sequentially and listened to it on audio book at least 5 or 6 times one of my all time fav series always still finding new things within the universe and when I watch other movies I see the link ups and have to say OHHH
Long days and pleasant nights to you
And may you have twice as many sai
Oy!!!
The Shining left me with a vague feeling that is hard to explain, as if I was Jack Torrance but unaware of it.
Connor Wilcox interesting because King has stated that he was actually writing himself as Jack Torrence but didn’t realize it at the time.
@Derek McCumber I agree. i hated the movie. jack was already crazy when they arrived at the hotel. movie just glanced over his abuse of danny in the past. from bits of what i have read about king, much of jack is autobiographical, esp. drinking,
*Such a humble cool guy, Pet Semetary 1989 is still the most creepiest most macabre and melancholic adaptation of any of his novels. My aunt lost a child in a very similar way to the way that gage died in Pet Semetary. I cant think of any worse horror than of losing a child.*
Brilliant novel.
Very sad what happen to your aunt. 😭😭
@@miriamcarrasco5999 It is, she described the whole day to me and is the most unimaginably painfull story which you will ever hear.. she is writing a book... she is a special person, she worked as a carer for special needs children and carer for old people.. she went on to have more children after this tragedy, another daughter and another son who gave her her first grandaughter a few months ago named Alice 😊 xxx
Unquestionably, Stephen King is a master storyteller!
His ability to rattle the nerves, keeping the reader hooked like a pike at the end of a rod and the not knowing how the nightmare will meet its conclusion makes him one of the greatest writers of our times.
The Charles Dickens of horror and suspense!
Chris (UK).
Christopher Tudor I love Charles Dickens and have read almost all of his books 😃💜🇦🇺
Except his endings are rather lackluster, but damn can he scare!
He's one of a kind
Stephen, "If they remember me at all..." King
As I'm watching this interview 27 years later because the remake for IT 2 has come out.
He’s so sharp. He knows exactly what he’s doing
The mist was a fantastic book. It doesn’t get enough love.
Not only a great writer but a sympathetic and inspiring man. It's great to hear him talk (or read him write) about writing. He wrote a great book about it too, called "On Writing". Highly recommended.
The way he expressed his love for his kids. He has to be a great person.
Okay Wikipedia…. 😂😂😂
He has a nice voice
that's. true. uin
It’s very soothing. Try checking out On Writing in audiobook format. It’s his treatise on writing and he reads it aloud. Very good one. :)
Bill Main exactly why I have it! ❤️
You like lisps?
I love listening to audiobooks narrated by the man himself.
He answers so quickly on being asked about his biggest fear it makes evident two things, he is a great and/or a loving father and that he has spent a lot of time actually thinking about fear and horror.
Not just the greatest writer of several generations but more charisma than the coolest of cats. What a legend
The Stand is a classic.
Nautilus1972 no one else can write a novel that long and still be a page turner . Unrivaled literary genius as far as I’m concerned.
It may not be my favorite Stephen King book, but in regards to what they're discussing little before the 10 minute mark, if there's a book Stephen King has written that I really believe will stand the test of time, that would likely be The Shining. I dare say It has a pretty good chance too.
Read the shining last week, I'm currently reading Dr sleep and I loved the shining but in my opinion Dr sleep has 1 up'd it.
I also never thought of King as a horror storyteller but as a master of suspense. The horror parts are more like seasoning to his novels. King is a really brilliant writer and I just love how he always incorporates an almost idyllic sense of life (the small towns, community, etc, ) and then unleashes chaos.
His work is so much more than suspense and horror. It really transcends generations. I started The Dark Tower Series about 3 years ago and haven't stopped reading Kings work since. Since read 30+ of his works and still going! Dark Tower series is my all time favorite. Ka is a wheel. Finally got my Ka tattoo recently and those books came to me at a hard time in my life and I was really able to work through a lot of things by reading his work over the years. Amazing.
I always go back to these interviews time and time again. I was here the first time 4 years ago. It's such a delight listening to this guy.
Could listen to King speak for hours.
And the following year The Shawshank Redemption came out.
The movie came out in 1994 but the story was published in 1982 apart of the different seasons novella collection
Awesome
@@dietwater4620 Exactly. The novella is called 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (Hope Springs Eternal)' and it's the first story in the four-story-novella-collection 'Different Seasons'.
It was with
The Body which would become Stand by Me (1986)
I love listening to Stephen King talk, he has a smooth cadence and flow.
I think that Kubrick's The Shining is an amazing film and a massive success. I think that many people would agree. I don't like the way Kubrick treated Shelley Duvall on set, nor his dismissive attitude toward the source material, but the film is a masterpiece.
This man was born to be a writer.
Stephen King is an amazing author. So lucky to have grown up with his books and movies 💗
Stephen King does not make movies. He writes.
@@brianmelendy9844 no he may not but those movies op references would not exist without Kings work. No reason for you to discredit that.
I love Stephen's sense of humor!
Such a phenomenal storyteller. Such a phenomenal person!! Mr. King has inspired me so much, and has taught me so much about writing. I hope I can meet Mr. King someday.
interviewing is not interrupting.
Lol you're right.
It's called being involved, you know, like a conversation and not just cold questions.
+Auto Focus it's called rude if the guys in the middle of answering him
Ethan Thompson You must not talk to people much. You're trolling youtube videos. That explains it.
+Auto Focus I do. that's a conversation. this is supposed to be an interview.
He said "I just washed my mouth and I can't do a thing with it." funniest thing I've heard in a long time.
Jim Carrey can play him in a movie.
No.
Clearly Mike Meyers should play him.
Or Stephen King could play Stephen King in a movie
no.....no
Jacob McMahan wahhh they said mean things about daddy Trump, therefore they’re clearly mentally deranged!
One of the things I like about his writing is that he's able to separate the narrator's voice from the characters's voices. As an aspiring writer, that's something I struggle with.
Stephen King will be Poe in 100 plus years.
He is the Poe of our time.
I think King has long surpassed Poe
Omg no. Stop. No one compares to Poe. Poe is a God.
It's plausible that in 100 years, people gathered around campfires amidst the wreckage of our fallen civilization will retell half-remembered versions of a few of their stories.
i'm not sure about that. bc my teacher in high school said he's not one of the best authors of all time. also in this video king said he's not going to be respected enough in his lifetime and probably not after he dies.
1992, a national treasure. What an impressive career.
He is amazing. It’s interesting to hear his voice in a interview. I’ve been on a audio book kick here late and he does his own audio books. So good.
Absolutely love this guy. There is not one tiny aspect of him that is even slightly affected. He simply comes across as a (albeit very bright and eloquent;) ordinary guy. He should be held up as the poster child for rich folk who have a tendency to become over bloated by their own success and ego.
Mayor kudos to you Steve...from your friends and fans across the pond.
when I read Carrie I've bought everything since.
Nice
carrie was the third book i read but it kind of felt like the beggining of the obsession
Cujo was my first Stephen King book I've read
Dean koontz with the exception of the outsider is kinda like the discount Stephen king 😬
@@alegonzalez350 Weirdly enough, I read elevation first and wanted to try a full length novel because it just seemed really well written and was enjoyable. I read The Outsider next and that started the obsession. Carrie was the third book I read and remains my favorite so far.
I love Stephen King because he is so humble. He doesn’t realize how amazing he is. It’s like he doesn’t know he’s Stephen King you know? 😂 an absolute legend.
He knows he’s good.
it's very hard to label him as a "horror" writer. i feel this man could write anything. one of his best works was either the gunslinger series or talisman..both are more fantasy than horror. whenever he steps out of the box of horror he impresses me even more...and he can certainly get into the characters as if they're real people..which they are , there's a little roland in each of us :)
But horror is the genre what made him
@@Eat_Your_Life Carrie, Salem's Lot and the Shining are the books that cemented him. so that very true
What is the interviewers problem? He keeps mentioning King's wealth and cheques and selling the books. Spidey senses jeliousy.
Charlie Rose interviews lots of different people. Political asshats mostly. King is one of the coolest ones.
that was like 10 out of 3000000 words
his writing process is so interesting the fact that he can come up with so many book ideas is amazing. I admire his work and is determination
He didn't even talk about his process. I wish he had. I kept waiting for it.
I love listening to King talk, but I wish Charlie would have stopped interrupting him.
To be fair: Charlie had a lot of questions to cover and finite time. It's understandable that he can't let Mr. King ramble very much, to go off on tangents. And King seems quite the rambler; shame this wasn't two hours!
I spent so much of my teen and young adult years in his books!
I think the reason why horror, western and adventure novels aren't seen as serious literature by the intelligentsia, is that they quite often
deal with what's considered childish things. People are usually socially expected to grow up and leave their fear of the dark behind, or
stop trying to daydream so much and get a good job. That's what's considered serious.
Unfortunately, nothing is quite that simple. And dismissing entire literary genres because they bring up associations with childhood
in some people, is failing to recognize the sheer skill it takes to write ANY kind of book well.
It's possible to compose a restaurant menu so beautifully that it'll make people cry, so I don't see why the actual writing should take a
backseat to whatever it's written on or about. Just as with music, as long as it speaks to you, it's good for you. It doesn't matter how
academically recognized it is if you don't move in academical circles. A successful novel is the one that you like, regardless if you're
the only one.
The jealousy dripped off Rose as he constantly redirected the conversation back to wealth and critical review. Jesus.
finally someone notes it
Stephen king is actually a friend of my cousins, they both live in the same town up in Maine. What a cool dude!!
Well... King is wrong about one thing. He is a great writer. Period. I'm no critic, but I'd hope my opinion counts for something.
I have reading-phases that I go through, like anyone who loves a good story. Even when I think, "I'm done with that. I've outgrown this particular thing"... well, it's just not true. I always come back to Stephen King and reread one of his books or short stories, and find I love it just as much now as I ever did.
100 years from now, Patterson, Roberts, Brown, to name a few (etal of the popular novelists of the day) they will but be footnotes... Stephen King will be remembered because his great stories were of great literary import
An absolutely delicious interview. I'm pleased that Charlie Rose got to interview King. The kind of material that gets you stirred up in such a hopeful and thoughtful way, especially about writing / creating... I'll be back. Watching again sometime.
In comparison to Lovecraft, I once summarized Stephen King as trying to write thrillers and horror comes out.
It does work _really_ well. The most important part of making any book readable, regardless of genre, are the characters.
My dad has a good taste in books... he gave me 'The Eyes of the Dragon' when I was about ten. Later I read 'Joyland' too... and I do plan to read more of him. ^^
I'm 36 and my favorite all time writer is Hemingway. But in my lifetime King is by far my favorite writer. Stephen King has to he the most prolific writer of the 20th century. Possibly the 21st.
I love how Stephen King of all people says that Grisham's books are unbelievable at times. I'd want that as a blurb on my book.
He was quoted as calling Clive Barker "the future of horror".
One of the greatest artists ever, and deffinatly the greatest of our time.
Yes, "deffinatly" lol
When I was younger,I used to dream with his books.With time,I passed to fill notebooks with stories based in his literature.I published one and keep dreaming in publish my first book of short stories.Stephen King forever will be a great master of writing and basis for the coming of a lot of new writers.Congratulations to him.
No doubt about it.
He’s not the greatest of our time, he’s one of the greatest of all time
@@backslash75 Meh; he is the greatest imho; who else are you thinking about?
He wrote so many short-stories. Very talented.
Got
Nightmares & Dreamscapes,
Skeleton Crew,
& Four Past Midnight
I'm getting The Bachman Books next and Cujo.
So, did you get "The Bachman Books" yet? If you do, buy an older copy at a used book store because King has the first novella in the book "Rage" pulled from the collection a few years ago. He did so because he thought it was influencing school shootings. I loved "The Bachman Books" so much I read the whole 900 plus page book in a single day, starting at 6 am and finishing at 11:30 pm.
I'm getting that on my birthday.
Jag Bungle "Nightshift" is also a great short stories book by Stephen King! 👍
Jag Bungle Remember to get "Everything's Eventual" and the "Different Seasons" collection!
I got them both and read them both. I keep saying this to people in person, he is so great. One day I will be an author same as King. I want to write fiction, drama and horror.
Really good interview! Sometimes interviewers interrupt in a way that makes it clear they just don't get it and robs the interviewee of their voice, but I enjoyed the back-and-forths that happened here
He is the master of writing scary books, what a talent !
This is such a great interview. King is a legend!
It, The Shining, and 11/22/63 were sure good. His interviews today are just like this but also with everything he’s written since
Thanks for downloading this is an awesome video interview. I love everything Stephen King does
This was a great interview. I wish Stephen King did more in depth interviews. I find his work and his thinking so compelling.
Stephen King in '93: I've had a fairly long career.
In 2021 he's still writing & publishing books. That's what I call a fairly long & fruitful career.
I've read and LOVED 'Survivor Type'. It's truly gripping & messed up. The makers of the 'Creepshow' tv series said it's too disturbing to put on TV, but luckily there's fan films 🤘
I just read The Shining, now I'm reading Dr. Sleep! hopefully I will be done by the time both movies hit the theater!! sept 2019
My god, the zest for life excudes out of Stephan King like I have never seen before. His eyes, smile, wrinkles, expressions literally explodes energy beyond this earth.
I've never read Mr. King, but I really like him as a person.
A wonderfully talented and successful man with zero egotism. Love to sit down and talk to him. He seems so genuine and nice that it makes me feel good that people like him are so successful.
Great interview!
U should really indulge in his works👌👌
Stephen King; beyond description. A truly great writer of horror, suspense, humor, mystery and romance. The stories and characters encompasses so many levels. And he seems so down to earth and even modest about his success. I have been deep in one of his stories hanging of the edge of my seat and he would throw a little humor in and I would be laughing so hard I would have to put the book down. He is magical.
You can tell how much smarter Stephen King is than the interviewer.
Corey Messick oh shit throwin' shade 😂😂 I've read some of his books and although I can see where you're coming from I don't really agree.
different jobs, that's all Ana.
His name is Charles Whitman, you imbecile.
Truth
He does a lot of research.
King is a fantastic writer of many different genres. My favorite books of his are: Mr Mercedes (trilogy), 11.22.63, The Institute, Doctor Sleep, Misery, Fairy Tale and Pet Sematary. I love the universe he created and how his stories sometimes refer to characters in other books.
Great interview. I was drawn to it after having just finished Doctor Sleep (I was 70 or so pages from the end and couldn’t put it down until the climax) and wanted to hear some of his pearls of wisdom. Get a little more of his steam.
The finger popping out of the bathroom drain is a truly horrifying concept, I need to read that one.
My favorite literary writer is Stephan King. The way he creates a mood is unparalleled. Rod Serling may be my favorite writer of all time. Alfred Hitchcock too. Stephen King is amazing and can make common things become sinister. lol
Favorite long book: Salem's Lot.
Most important long book: The Stand.
Best short novel: Pet Sematary.
Best collection: Skeleton Crew.
One of the elder gods of storytelling of our era. Thank you mr. King, for inspiring me and effecting my own writing in so many good ways. A true OG!