48:30 talks about Twilight and 50 shades of grey 51:30 for lovecraft
@keystep8669
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks my guy
@rickylaws7766
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you bloke
@owenlee9474
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you homietronic
@s.melonita4454
4 жыл бұрын
Thank youuu
@ميم-ش6ع2م
4 жыл бұрын
THANKS
@Darfaultner
7 жыл бұрын
Stephen King always looks like he's just shaved off a mustache
@JadisAmalthea
5 жыл бұрын
Now that my dad and his twin brother shaved off their mustaches, they look exactly like Stephen King.
@thiscommentor2858
5 жыл бұрын
Haha but he speaks so well, although the compere, the guy, is just embarrassing himself... The interfering comments are off-putting frankly.
@theo.jovitch
5 жыл бұрын
That's because his upper lip has very little activity
@brandonhill4197
5 жыл бұрын
That look your talking about is about as close as King will ever get to 50 shades of gray
@LucidDream
5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking something like that just the other day. My friend's dad looks a lot like him, but actually has a mustache. And was thinking Stephen would look good with one.
@freitasgst
4 жыл бұрын
Omg, imagine having Stephen King as a HIGH SCHOOL teacher !!!!
@katiesalvadore7306
3 жыл бұрын
I'd die of happiness
@wes209
3 жыл бұрын
Gib heem a razor infused apple..
@salemwitch4138
3 жыл бұрын
Omg I wish I would probably have a heart attack the moment they would tell me that, but akdjxid I so wish
@loufaulk6812
3 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome👍
@canaisyoung3601
2 жыл бұрын
I thought he was when he was starting out in writing.
@LegoJunk128
9 жыл бұрын
What I love about Steve is that he's so civil with his criticism of 50 Shades, he could've just as easily dismissed them as trash (like the guy to the left did, and he's not wrong), but he actually takes the time to explain what he thinks is wrong with them. There's something to be said for that.
@jennybyrne7322
9 жыл бұрын
LegoJunk128 Amen~
@kcsnipes
5 жыл бұрын
Time stamp ?
@pixieonthemoon8633
5 жыл бұрын
@@kcsnipes 48:27
@maskoblackfyre
5 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, 50 Shades and Twilight is just literature for the illiterate. If people like it, that's ok. I just think those people have no taste in literature.
@tiffanypersaud3518
5 жыл бұрын
The man's a professional. And kind. Truly an example and what filmmakers and writers should aspire to. I love him for it.
@davidmuth4571
5 жыл бұрын
A Lovecraft monster doesn't kill you. It drives you insane just knowing it exists.
@qasperr994
5 жыл бұрын
@Maffey Ibuprofen have you actually read any of his work? I think he's one of the few writers who can pull you through the pages, very similar to Stephen King. Just my opinion.
@qasperr994
5 жыл бұрын
@Maffey Ibuprofen Alright then.
@rebelknight8223
5 жыл бұрын
Matt Diazepam U read one story of Lovecraft, and then you Think you know everything about him and his other works. I Think i lost some brain cells Reading ur comments.
@alexhills9139
5 жыл бұрын
@Matt Diazepam i've read a good amount of lovecraft and the majority of his works are sexless tentacle porn with shitty writing BUT there are a few somewhat obscure ones that i really enjoyed. the other gods, from beyond, and the music of erich zann all come to mind and they're much better than the hot garbage that is the cthulhu mythos
@barbelley7906
5 жыл бұрын
@Matt Diazepam you havent read lovecraft why lie troll boy hes a hack that king constantly steals from so fuck off
@hlf3769
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think he’s a “horror writer” in the traditional sense... he writes about people, not even characters because his characters are so realistic and relatable
@TaoScribble
4 жыл бұрын
That's how characters _should_ be written.
@slecuyer21
4 жыл бұрын
That's pretty much the goal for any writer
@hlf3769
4 жыл бұрын
@@TaoScribble yes should
@hlf3769
4 жыл бұрын
@@slecuyer21 yes but most fail and some don't even try
@MandleRoss
4 жыл бұрын
@@hlf3769 And some try too hard. Lookin' at YOU, Dean Koontz!
@leaspeer3323
5 жыл бұрын
Also: A little advice for writers who have found themselves here. Don’t aim to be like Steven King as a writer. Or any of your author faves. Be like You.
@Xtoff
5 жыл бұрын
My writing is abstract and intellectual. I slap my penis against the keyboard and let autocorrect try to fix it. If you don't get it then use ate s fiol
@TABurt
5 жыл бұрын
It's taken me a long time to get to that point, but I'm finally arriving, and the ride was worth it.
@patricioansaldi8021
5 жыл бұрын
@Matt Diazepam how generic and trite to be so generic and trite. That's some solid advice and any successful artist and any happy person will tell you the same.
@patricioansaldi8021
5 жыл бұрын
@Matt Diazepam why is it not solid advice?
@TABurt
5 жыл бұрын
@Matt Diazepam lol no man. I meant looking to other writers for techniques, style, habits, etc. Now, I don't do that. I trust my own head when it comes writing.
@Neyonius
5 жыл бұрын
"50% of the time I can't remember where the idea came from." That 50% was cocaine.
@blackhawksfan2525
4 жыл бұрын
Cocaine's a helluva drug
@s.melonita4454
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackhawksfan2525 🤣🤣
@mariaglass2968
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, it was alcohol.
@causeeffect7624
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackhawksfan2525 rick james?
@blackhawksfan2525
4 жыл бұрын
@@causeeffect7624 indeed
@pixellab599
8 жыл бұрын
48:29 Twilight,50 shades of grey
@RobinK
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin!
@streaky8844
8 жыл бұрын
thanks bro : )
@jamessmyth2529
8 жыл бұрын
time saver thanks
@alexrod3459
8 жыл бұрын
Why would an accomplished and beloved writer even acknowledge a story so far below his worth. I mean, surely there are far better authors and stories worth talking about. Twilight and Lovecraft in the same interview is almost blasphemy
@pixellab599
8 жыл бұрын
People can be so vicious at creative people for some reason.
@1LadyM7
7 жыл бұрын
I've seen a couple of interviews of his already and what strikes me is that he loves to speak and tell stories (well, duh!) BUT also, when he listens, he LISTENS.
@themanhands5599
5 жыл бұрын
8:10 Ohhh, now I see why he writes dark material. He watches the local news.
@themanhands5599
5 жыл бұрын
18:04 and Bambi, haha
@ScareBear1982
4 жыл бұрын
Newest Stephen King novel coming soon based on Covid-19 hahaha
@bea4828
4 жыл бұрын
@@ScareBear1982 he could change the name of the virus in the Stand. Boom Done and done
@lethokuhlemsimang2208
4 жыл бұрын
haha
@allanreele8352
5 жыл бұрын
"Warning: Explicit language..." Welp, it's Stephen King expressing his gripes, so...
@kimmehamehaaa7241
5 жыл бұрын
I said, "Well it's Stephen fucking King!" 😂
@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf
4 жыл бұрын
No shit.
@noeraldinkabam
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen King: The first man I shared my bed with and he remained longer than any other guy I ever spend time with.
@nicholasdickens2801
5 жыл бұрын
Lol. Stan Lee or Jack Kirby was mine. All those amazing Marvel comics.
@crax83
5 жыл бұрын
Well, he has some really long books so that's to be expected...
@rjonboy7608
5 жыл бұрын
Me, too. He has filled my life with imaginary friends and kept me young at heart. I started reading him back when "the Shining" was a miniseries on TV and he taught me there's nothing so scary as what we imagine for ourselves. That all fears are imaginary. When you put words to the unspeakable and ineffable terrors it becomes just a rabid dog named Cujo. And the world is still a magical place, just not right here. Which is magical, too.
@CoxJoxSox
5 жыл бұрын
Was that the basis of MISERY? :D
@kelviannaepperson3677
5 жыл бұрын
His books are very captivating and really stay with you
@source92
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen King is the reason I was interested in writing. Good stuff!
@SEOshogun
5 жыл бұрын
Listen to On Writing read by Stephen King. Amazing.
@mad3739
4 жыл бұрын
Cool mine's Neil Gaimann!
@bitchisaidbye
9 жыл бұрын
Stephen is the coolest dude on earth. I love him.
@girlsalwaysgoforthedoucheb350
7 жыл бұрын
Right after Johnny Depp
@cutecakes2228
7 жыл бұрын
And Morgan Freeman
@jedijoey3
7 жыл бұрын
allyz and denzel washington
@ChaoticChalice
6 жыл бұрын
And Benedict Cumberbatch
@lillymaiglock2525
6 жыл бұрын
And eminem
@briancherry8088
5 жыл бұрын
I decided as a teenager that if there was only one person whom I could meet and speak with for any length of time, it would be him. A quarter of a century later, I haven't changed my mind. Maybe some day.
@alb6372
Жыл бұрын
Same here. 🧡💛🧡
@darthmeow1370
5 жыл бұрын
The part that jumped out at me was when he said if a character is written correctly they will come to life, have a mind of their own, and do what they want. It's true! Having experienced this phenomenon many times, it's both uncanny weird and incredibly rewarding. And yet I cannot explain how or why it happens. I can't -make- it happen either, it either does or it doesn't. I've had characters I put a lot of work into designing fail to spark and just remain inert , and I've had characters that were meant to just be a small "npc" sort of role wake up and take command of their own destiny, grabbing a bigger role for themselves than I ever planned. It sounds crazy, but it's true. And when it happens, that's where the magic is.
@jenniferjennings7288
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@EnglishTeacher-ez1bo
4 жыл бұрын
It is so true. I had a character die on me once. It wasn't planned. I thought he would continue to help his friends until the end. But all of a sudden, he was in a place where I couldn't save him. I cried as I wrote it, but it had to be done.
@freedomandsavage1108
4 жыл бұрын
I once told my kid sis that my characters create themselves and make their own decisions. She's been calling me crazy ever since.
@EnglishTeacher-ez1bo
4 жыл бұрын
@@freedomandsavage1108 Badge of honor, kiddo. Badge of honor.
@Lavidadeyari
3 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishTeacher-ez1bo woo, so intense !
@madampluto3092
9 жыл бұрын
At the end of February, my very first novel will be published here in Sweden. I can barely wait.
@madampluto3092
9 жыл бұрын
***** The title is: Vid ljudet av dina steg.
@mitchelanhalt5261
9 жыл бұрын
MadamPluto That's awesome. I'm in the process of writing a book as well.
@MartianManhunter1987
9 жыл бұрын
MadamPluto How is it going with the novel, just out of curiosity?
@madampluto3092
9 жыл бұрын
Mitchel Anhalt Good luck :)
@madampluto3092
9 жыл бұрын
MartianManhunter1987 It's going well :)
@edonis2787
7 жыл бұрын
What shows is his true brilliance is that he has a deep connection to his characters. He refers to them as real people he knows intimately. Brilliant author.
@alb6372
Жыл бұрын
Yep; no doubt! 😊😊
@Wrenhollow-arts
8 жыл бұрын
Steven King's thoughts on Twilight, 50 Shades etc. starts around the 48 minute mark.
@evelyn1558
8 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@munibzain1966
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@shpresajonga
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@LuisDanielGuerra
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@RockyRaccoonish
5 жыл бұрын
The hero we need
@mckenna8663
9 жыл бұрын
Years ago...I never thought a book could scare you. I mean...pfffft... it wasn't like you were at the movies, in the dark, a giant picture in front of you, and speakers blasting. All a book had was words and how they rolled around in my brain. I could look away or close the book and *poof* the scariness was gone. So what's the big deal? That was until I started to read The Shining. And a person I didn't know was there came up from behind me. I nearly hit the roof. And then...The Stand.... and I STILL (years later) get a panicky feeling in my gut when someone coughs. Thank you, Mr. King.
@takashiari1598
7 жыл бұрын
Mc Kenna Trying reading Pet Cemetery...
@antjecelticmusic9628
7 жыл бұрын
Listening actually to the audio book 'the stand'. Absolutely with you about the cough 🤤
@manniewray6263
6 жыл бұрын
Mc Kenna pet cemetery....
@TREBONIANVS
6 жыл бұрын
Mannie Wray read that book in one sitting. I've never done that before or after. I simply could not put it down.
@michealbohmer2871
6 жыл бұрын
Mc Kenna that's because no movie can match the imagination for scaring the crap out of you. That's why Alfred Hitchcock made his movies that way. When you watch a movie it's someone else's image of the novel, when you read it you're the casting director, the director, the set designer and all the actors; of course someone else wrote the script but everything else is in your imagination.
@bradleypark1
10 жыл бұрын
Read "The Stand" while trying to get off hard drugs and Stephen King helped me immensely..amazing author,Thank you..
@DOTA2FroggyStyle
10 жыл бұрын
King, wasn't the author I read but when I sobered up (off some major prescription abuse that landed me a nice felony record), books were a major part of my recovery. Being able to satisfy time passing, active imagination, and writing... all served as a crux for me as well :D
@nvnchez
6 жыл бұрын
Read The Stand & a lot of other King while in jail coming off drugs, helped so much
@russfoulkes5490
5 жыл бұрын
Nice one guys. I have to ask, did Larry Underwoods ark touch you the most?
@mlfeathers7527
5 жыл бұрын
I hope you’re still clean. I feel your pain.
@jack8video
5 ай бұрын
Read the shining and some of the dark tower books whirl in rehab, really meant a lot to my recovery
@DrDespicable
8 жыл бұрын
Trying to imagine Stephen King telling me a story as I go to sleep at night; now trying to imagine actually getting to sleep, afterward.
@sigmacademy
5 жыл бұрын
Or waking up afterwards, confused and scared? :P
@24get24give
5 жыл бұрын
I go to sleep to an SK audiobook every night (I have been reading him for so long, my sight has failed to the point I need them)*and they said something else would make me blind!)
@Xtoff
5 жыл бұрын
I'd sleep like a baby knowing that Stephen King is sitting by my bedside. Maybe he'd give me a kiss on the forehead before shutting off the lights.
@iLitAfuseiCantStop
5 жыл бұрын
@@sigmacademy Imagine falling asleep, KZitem on autoplay, not on a Stephen King video. I had some really bizarre videos about hanging out with Donald Trump. The scariest part? I actually liked him. Imagine how confused I was to wake up, still half asleep, looking at my screen, assuming I'd been watching a Trump video & seeing Stephen King 😂😂
@cooperminion825
5 жыл бұрын
I'd sleep like a baby. I fall asleep to the unrated Saw movies so I can deal with scary
@anthonykent00
9 жыл бұрын
Lovecraft 51:27
@MothsAreTheBest
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@darkangelzephyron
9 жыл бұрын
god bless you kind sir
@andrewpublishing7857
9 жыл бұрын
Does anybody here write horror novels?
@Satanicius666
9 жыл бұрын
Andrew Publishing I try to write... but just the very short stories- I think that the less space you use, the stronger the final effect will be...
@bronan4775
9 жыл бұрын
Andrew Publishing im working on two right now
@ShadowFox746
9 жыл бұрын
"My books are not on that level". You're right, Mr. King. Your books are far far far above that level.
@deus_ex_machina_
6 жыл бұрын
Shadow Fox Of popularity. And he's right.
@themaggattack
5 жыл бұрын
And he knows that.
@mataprogres2100
5 жыл бұрын
Those books dont even have any level
@nicholasdickens2801
5 жыл бұрын
“That level?” Does he mean in the trash can? 😂
@quietside3734
7 жыл бұрын
You can tell that King loves an audience like this - informal, young folks who could do anything with their lives, whether good or bad. One of King's strengths, in my opinion, is that he tells the stories of everyday people living everyday lives, but in that life comes something beyond the norm.
@kittensugars
9 жыл бұрын
He is dead on; when he says a good book should bear up to two readings.
@mobspeak
8 жыл бұрын
+kittensugars Shh.. SPOILERS!!!
@deerandomized9337
6 жыл бұрын
I've read the notebook like 8 times. I literally know it backward and forward
@russfoulkes5490
5 жыл бұрын
He and James Herbert are the main two I do that with. Mostly King, though. I mean, The Dark Tower! How many times y'all read that to catch things/hints/nods you may have missed?!
@mikeisapro
5 жыл бұрын
Nietzsche often wrote that books should be read more than once as well. I'm sure other writers have thought the same.
@24get24give
5 жыл бұрын
I've read all of his books, except pet semetary at least twice, and I now pre-order them on amazon w/o even knowing what they're about, bc I know I will love them
@KatesFree
10 жыл бұрын
As a 47 yr old woman who lives with her aging mother, I'll have to check out this Holly the Mumbler character.
@CinematicMaj
4 жыл бұрын
The moderator guy needs his microphone turned OFFFFF otherwise love this : )
@EnglishTeacher-ez1bo
4 жыл бұрын
I know! Who is he trying to impress?
@TheShapingSickness
4 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishTeacher-ez1bo probably too make people think he's besties with king
@anon2234
4 жыл бұрын
Nah, he's fine. He did his job of repeating the questions for the recording.
@CinematicMaj
4 жыл бұрын
@@anon2234 First off dont say "nahh" to me. Second. He is an obnoxious loud person with insipid commentary
@r.t.h.k.o
4 жыл бұрын
@@CinematicMaj nahh
@vxCOCOxv
5 жыл бұрын
I hope to meet him someday, truly I do. His writing, made me love being in another world at night before falling asleep. I’m hoping he’ll come to Canada within the next few years, out WEST to be exact. Meet Stephen King, knit a blanket, buy a piano, retire comfortably... my personal goals in that order!
@tweebeau
5 жыл бұрын
I hope that dream comes true for you :)
@RickReasonnz
5 жыл бұрын
I cannot think of a more consistently brilliant writer than Stephen King. What a treat to watch.
@alb6372
Жыл бұрын
Me either. 😎😎😎
@Wavecaster05
10 жыл бұрын
I don't know why I clicked on this, and I don't know why I watched the whole thing, but it was really interesting to watch nonetheless. What a great and humble man.
@JonDesautels
8 жыл бұрын
Wow, he writes without knowing the ending? And his books still rock? That's impressive.
@jmsjackie
8 жыл бұрын
That's the way I write too, and I have dreams of being as good as he
@chriskoeder793
7 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Desautels Don't get me wrong, I like Stephen King as much as the next guy but he is often times weak in his endings.
@carnivorehitman
5 жыл бұрын
@@chriskoeder793 That's what she said. :)
@ergbudster3333
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah sure. Show me one writer who tells the truth about how and why he writes and I will happily show you a bald face bullshitter. Nobody gives up the farm without a fight. Nosy parkers who ask nosy questions deserve to get lied at. Simple as that.
@julietfischer5056
5 жыл бұрын
Some writers know the characters so intimately that they just need to set things up and see what happens. "My characters grab me and start talking." Others need outlines. Some need tight outlines, while others just need enough to ensure that nobody's in two places at once or that a character can get from Point A to Point B in the time allotted.
@meursault7030
5 жыл бұрын
I thought "Oh go on then. I'll just watch until I get bored." Suddenly, the dude's like "I hate to do this but just one or two more questions" What?! It's been a damn hour?!
@marcap9757
7 жыл бұрын
the guy on the stage should've gave the mic to the crowd
@kirkpatticalma7911
5 жыл бұрын
"given"
@jaeent6074
5 жыл бұрын
Tru
@ashfrancine5901
5 жыл бұрын
I think that was the plan but he decided not too. Lol
@babasemka
5 жыл бұрын
Duh...
@wadenarlock7648
5 жыл бұрын
You can tell he loved the spotlight and wanted everyone to know that he's "buddies" with Stephen King. Super annoying
@reh3884
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, Steven King knows it's a lectern, NOT a podium. Props to him!!
@drcloudy
5 жыл бұрын
I feel this on such a deep level, no notebook, no plotting. I feel better about myself now. None of that has EVER worked for me. I can't write an outline, I have to write entire scenes.
@dennisreynolds1341
9 жыл бұрын
Mr. Guy with the microphone that nobody cares about, this is to you... Stop interrupting Stephen King!
@JosephRoan
8 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Reynolds No shit. Shut the hell up, guy who is not Stephen King. Nobody cares.
@johncoffey1208
8 жыл бұрын
idk Dennis, I sorta thought that guy added something to the talk. he would throw out a funny quip and king would react to it, often with humor. I enjoyed the funny back and forth exchange between these two. in fact, I would have enjoyed a conversation between king another author, or two.
@mobspeak
8 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Reynolds Yes, thank you brother, at least I'm not the only one.
@Quinceps
8 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Reynolds You're right, but what you don't care about, others may, and you yourself in the future.
@dennisreynolds1341
8 жыл бұрын
Quinceps Well, quite a few people agree with me lol
@stefanienicholas7706
10 жыл бұрын
I LOVE misery. I've read it in one sitting three times. I find it one of his best paced novels.
@vdenis124
4 жыл бұрын
I first came to this video to hear Stephen King bashing Twilight and Fifty shades of Grey... I got a Stephen King’s conference about the stuff that he does and I genuinely enjoyed my time watching it !
@brynnaperry3699
5 жыл бұрын
To quote Steve King, " I'll just choke this F*****."
@r.d1683
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@chris060372
7 жыл бұрын
Why does Stephen King keep interrupting that other guy? I specifically wanted to watch this video to hear from that other guy. I intentionally read 40 of Stephen King's novels just so I could one day watch a video where some guy who I have no interest in talks next to Stephen King. Stephen King should shut up and let that other guy talk over him.
@corbinupthegrove6199
5 жыл бұрын
C Chadwick thoughts exactly! I waited for years patiently combing through random King interviews for the other guy to possible show up. I was so pumped and what do ya know this King guy just steals the spotlight.
@ergbudster3333
5 жыл бұрын
In my perfect literary world SK would do an NM and stab the guy. Or maybe that psycho that NM sponsored out of the joint who then paid him back by knifing a waiter. Birds of a feather?
@julietfischer5056
5 жыл бұрын
@@ergbudster3333 - NM?
@valdeezycleaver
5 жыл бұрын
Don't even know why they gave him a fucking microphone.
@urthpainter
5 жыл бұрын
at times people actually feel like they are important at events, just because they are present. it is a phenomenon i've witnessed many times and a lesson everyone should take to heart - when you go to an event with a guest of honor, even if you are involved... just shut your mouth, do nothing to bring attention upon yourself, and allow the light to shine on the honored member
@drrd4127
5 жыл бұрын
People go on about his horror stories but forget he wrote two amazing prison dramas that became popular Hollywood films.... the Shawshank redemption and the Green Mile.
@wayne909
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think many people forget
@Darkkfated
4 жыл бұрын
Not to mention Eyes of the Dragon, which is just a straight-up low-magic Fantasy Novel (and one of my personal favorites).
@skmusic2944
3 жыл бұрын
11/22/63
@billyrichards8834
Жыл бұрын
The "Green Mile," was INSPIRED by 'True Events.' YEP! About a 14 year old 'black' youth in 1930's South Carolina, accused of murdering two young white girls. It was later found out ... DECADES later, that a family friend of the girls (a farm hand) was the real killer. That 14 year old, to this day, is the youngest person in u.s. history to be executed. And like the movie, he got the chair. Stephen King has written NUMEROUS stories that have TRUE facts involved. Carrie: a girl King KNEW in high school who was constantly tormented by school bullies. The Shining: a hotel he stayed at in Colorado that was believed to be haunted, and the laughter of 2 young girls can be heard coming from a vacant room. Pet Sematary: King personally experienced, like in the movie, their cat got run over next to a highway out in the country, and they buried it in a pet cemetary. Cujo: King went to a farm to get his motorcycle fixed and was nearly attacked by a GIANT Saint Bernard. Misery: King was involved in a near fatal accident when he was struck by a mini-van, and helped by two fans that drove past. The part of the murderous nurse (Annie Wilkes) was by a crazed psycho that broke into Kings home in Bangor and threatened to kill King and himself. Stephen wasn't home, but his wife Tabitha-WAS. He took these TWO elements, and wrote MISERY. Salem's Lot: was inspired from the 1692 Salem witch trials. Secret Window: TRUE story. King was one day accosted by a crazy who claimed Stephen had STOLEN his story while he edited the story for the guy. Back in the day, if you mailed Stephen a story, often times, he would 'edit' the story FOR YOU. But after this situation happened, is WHY he NO LONGER does this--for ANYONE! Because of that asshole. So if people wonder 'WHERE' King gets his idea's for these CRAZY stories, often times, they are from REAL experiences.
@doris5622
5 жыл бұрын
Mr. King has made my life more wonderful since I was 9 years old. I was a kid who came from Nicaragua in 1978 and loved to read. I went to the library in the Bronx and there were several books written by Mr. King. There for the first time I picked up Carrie and Salem's Lot. The rest is history for me. I own almost all of Mr. King's books, and I am now 47 and still read like I am starving for books. When someone once asked me "Who are your favorite authors?" (God I hate that question) I said, Stephen King, Edith Wharton, W. Somerset Maughn, Henry James and HP Lovecraft. I was a weird young kid, carrying around all my books and other kids making fun of me, but I thank Mr. King for making me feel normal, from youth until this day. Mr. King, if you ever come to New York City we here in the Bronx will meet you at the Poe House and throw you a festival!!
@drivenhome7840
5 жыл бұрын
I've never heard from a more honest writer. One who can lead us through unreal worlds while having his motives set on paying the heating bills and mortgage. Here's a writer with his feet on the ground and head in the clouds.
@vaskylark
2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading IT for the first time back when it was originally released. It was four o'clock in the morning on a school night in high school. My mother woke up, saw my light on and busted me being up. She thought I'd sneaked out or something and grilled me on why my light was on. I told her I was reading Stephen King's IT and it was too good to put down. She didn't believe me until she saw the book in my hand haha Consequently it was near the end of the book and she scared the crap out of me when she came in my room. I jumped so bad. Ya don't sneak up on someone when they're reading Stephen King!
@alb6372
Жыл бұрын
Right on!😂😂
@JarinXeno
7 жыл бұрын
I am not a huge fan of Stephen King's books but I have to respect his experience and wisdom as a writer.
@hansolo6831
Жыл бұрын
Is he a lib?
@JarinXeno
Жыл бұрын
@@hansolo6831 I have no idea. I just don't care for the way he writes characters.
@cristinaascencio1920
4 жыл бұрын
I want to thank you Stephen King for making me fall in love with reading all over again. I was 18 and my ex bf took me to the library and as a joke I told him to pick whatever book he wanted me to read and he chose Insomnia which was the biggest book I’ve ever seen and he told me “Good luck, I doubt it you’ll ever finish it” it took me 2 days I couldn’t put it down and my Stephen King collection grew from that moment 🤘🏼
@katieleporte7087
2 жыл бұрын
“My tang gets tungled up.” 😆😂 It’s little gems like these that get me clicking on any interview with Stephen King. Not just a great writer, but he’s so fun to listen to off the cuff.
@angelaviary444
10 жыл бұрын
oh man i knew there was a reason why i like his books so much especially with what he said about academic reading. anytime i was told to read a specific book for class, i just couldn't focus. even to this day it's still hard for me to focus (with the exception of Lord Of the Flies. i don't know why, i just thought it was so intriguing that i lost myself and didn't think much of it as academic reading) but anytime i have the chance to read books on my own, even classic literature that might be taught in certain english classes, i found it MUCH easier to focus because i feel my perception and reaction to the story feels more genuine outside of the classroom environment.
@Fidi987
6 жыл бұрын
That's sad because good literature lessons enhance the joy of reading a novel. You get to find out a lot of things about the novel that you did not catch in the first reading and get to think differently about the text than at first reading. A novel can profit from a good literature lesson - only a bad literature lesson destroys the novel for the reader. Reading an essay about a book often gives you a completely different perspective of the book and a new interest in re-reading it.
@delta-9969
5 жыл бұрын
Anything can become drudgery when you are forced to do it.
@jrnbloodaxehaugen678
5 жыл бұрын
Same here
@Tsujanryo
5 жыл бұрын
@@delta-9969 And because I was forced, I didn't get through all the books they handed out to me in school. "Of Mice & Men" was horrible; didn't finish it. Another book about boys in an English private school jumping into the river on a tree-swing. I can still see the cover, but forgot the name - equally bad. "Catcher in the Rye" is where I think I first thought/knew I was done reading all these terrible books. There in a parking lot waiting for my parents to finish shopping after they picked me up from school I put the book down aghast at how boring it was trying to digest that tripe; I volunteered to stop doing (some of) my schoolwork then & there. And I was glad. It's all subject matter, at least for me. What is the book about? I learned to read when I was a small kid. I didn't learn to LIKE to read 'til I was near adulthood. Why? They gave us crap to read.
@JayOnDaCob
2 жыл бұрын
For me the book I read that made me realize reading can be fun was Fahrenheit 451, I’ve now just finished the shining faster than I ever expected myself to… because I’ve never actually like reading but I finished that book in about a week how sucked in I was
@pamelaanderson7708
9 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with your work at twelve years old. So thankful to be able to see you in this format. Thank you for so many years of enjoyment! By the way, I'm fifty years old.
@paulagwhyte1720
5 жыл бұрын
"Lord of the Flies" has always been my favourite book, besides everything by Stephen King. That book, "The Lord of the Flies," blew me away and has ever since. I was floating above that island and not aware of my real surroundings and that's how it gets when I'm that into a book. I got that way during all Stephen King books, especially Misery, I could not put it down to eat, to visit. I was at my sister's house for Thanksgiving in Canada which is in October, and everyone else had gone for a walk, I was pacing the floor with Misery and talking out loud to Paul Sheldon and lost in that house with him and Annie!
@KremIsis
9 жыл бұрын
God. I read all of his books, for an entire life, now, and it's the first time I hear his voice. Like...wow.
@enlilzaya5234
10 жыл бұрын
Stephen King looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book
@mlwhite8621
10 жыл бұрын
A nice goatee would do him well.
@ForeverMasterless
7 жыл бұрын
Can't unsee.
@designsaladstudio
6 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who saw that ahaha
@madcircle7311
6 жыл бұрын
ML White a cloak too
@dewanmdurnto3592
6 жыл бұрын
Enlil Zaya wow what an forward and judgemental young girl you are !
@TheAMOTVBrunei
10 жыл бұрын
Stephen King talks about 50 Shades around 48:30. thank me later
@M12GProductions
10 жыл бұрын
I'll thank you when you tell me where he starts talking about Lovecraft.
@jessherselfable
10 жыл бұрын
M12GProductions Shortly after that, maybe one or two minutes.
@catdanny100
10 жыл бұрын
I watched the whole thing... I don't regret, i learned a few things.
@Shendue
10 жыл бұрын
Why should i. The whole freakin thing is awesome. I could just sit and listen to him telling anecdotes for hours. No need to skip part of it.
@flawns
10 жыл бұрын
Fuck you, you can't tell me what to do, I'm going to thank you now! Thank you!
@rubyrootless7324
5 жыл бұрын
The speaker at the beginning was incredible, too? Like, I could listen to her for hours, wow
@HaileyBabi
9 жыл бұрын
If 50 shades of grey & Twilight wouldve been written & produced by Stephen King it would have been So Fuckin Awesome
@mitchelanhalt5261
9 жыл бұрын
Hailey Babi Yeah I know right? Can you imagine the direction fifty shades of grey would go?
@kylewhitehead5975
9 жыл бұрын
Mitchel Anhalt Can't be much scarier and creepier than it already is. The protagonist would make a perfect Stephen King villain.
@kylewhitehead5975
9 жыл бұрын
Mitchel Anhalt Can't be much scarier and creepier than it already is. The protagonist would make a perfect Stephen King villain.
@jambo8811664
9 жыл бұрын
Hailey Babi read salem's lot, and as for 50 shades, he doesnt write smut.
@emmadupuy5331
9 жыл бұрын
Hey would have made Bella's baby eat herself out of her stomach and kill everyone. As for 50 shades of grey, he would have made Christian Grey actually be Dorian Grey (from Oscar Wilde's novel) who feeds on the souls of young maidens to be immortal ;)
@emmanuelray6196
9 жыл бұрын
Steven, king is a genius, when it comes to book writing.
@margaretschneider831
5 жыл бұрын
I wish Andre would have let the audience use his microphone.
@dawest767
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen King needs to get on Joe Rogan's podcast.
@katya3805
4 жыл бұрын
Nah he needs his own podcast, that would be amazing
@jackmcgwire2078
4 жыл бұрын
Katya both would be godlike
@Yoman1289
7 жыл бұрын
48:56 "TYLER!! YOU READ IT?" funniest part of the whole interview
@clairvoyantmole8668
6 жыл бұрын
I vote for "On a Jetski!" 55:19
@LuisManuelLealDias
10 жыл бұрын
Click baiting slightly misleading title but great speech and Q&A. Appreciated thanks!
@leticiajerguson1024
5 жыл бұрын
I have always loved his advice on writing-down to earth, realistic.
@alb6372
Жыл бұрын
His book, On Writing is excellent. ❤
@cynthiahamil9801
9 жыл бұрын
I really admire his stories - particularly the Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile... these were really well done! He has done SO MUCH! Such the master! I can't wait to hear what he says about these other books! This is the Master Class!!! So cool!
@christopherharrison321
6 жыл бұрын
I'll second that
@allisonsmith9506
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen king is so amazing. I would have died to be in this crowd able to ask him a question!
@verysilly8883
4 жыл бұрын
Careful with that phrasing...
@Truegho
7 жыл бұрын
Have always been a big fan of Stephen King's. He certainly knows what he is talking about when it comes to giving advice on writing.
@carolkir
2 жыл бұрын
He's one of the very few novelists I can bear to read, at this point in time. In his work, terrible things often happen to very nice people. That's the way life is. Instead of "horror writer," I think of him as a naturalist with enormous gifts for storytelling and creating unique tropes. Keep 'em coming, Mr. King.
@arnabchatterjee9636
4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him for decades and not get bored!
@sajtjakab
7 жыл бұрын
"the first time you read a book i don't want you to see me at all" he writes himself into the Dark Tower
@theguywhoisaustralian1465
4 жыл бұрын
That's not what he meant
@markclason2717
5 жыл бұрын
For goodness sakes. Give the questioning audience members a mic!
@dkstojentin
5 жыл бұрын
The Audiobook version of Rose Madder swept me away completely. Stephen King kicks ass!
@wrybreadspread
5 жыл бұрын
The lady who initially spoke & introduced Mr. King & the "other" guy could give pointers to the "other" guy on how to speak in a pleasing & well modulated tone of voice. The dude early on grew to be so jarring. It was like hearing a car backfire during Disney's Fantasia. Here I'm listening to Mr. King relate an anecdote and the guy pops in like a jack in the box. Loud. Rude. Distracting.
@sirandrelefaedelinoge
4 жыл бұрын
So, typically American then...?
@Flynnvideos
4 жыл бұрын
André Linoge Well Andre, at least the annoying guy isn’t a bigot.
@tomassoejakto
5 жыл бұрын
I read Insomnia in 12th grade. It never ceases to amaze me how king managed to turn something so ordinary into something else completely f-ed up and yet leave me thinking that that's how it's supposed to be all along.
@tracienatalie673
5 жыл бұрын
Im reading Mr Mercedes right now, it's soo good! Cant stop reading it
@CapNCorn
10 жыл бұрын
Wow. That idea he had in the beginning of the video totally ended up being his next novel, Mr. Mercedes. That's awesome.
@mlfeathers7527
5 жыл бұрын
CapNCorn its a great novel.
@BigSmella
5 жыл бұрын
thank you. was wondering which story he was referring to, and it was driving me mad
@vegangurly
5 жыл бұрын
BigSmella he said it through out the video
@BigSmella
5 жыл бұрын
@@vegangurly not really. twas near the end, and i had to get back to work!
@gewgulkansuhckitt9086
5 жыл бұрын
I had a very stuck up, full of himself English Lit teacher back in college who spoke quite condescendingly about Stephen King, treating him as a hack writer of pulp fiction. My thought was if Stephen King's talent was so small, why didn't my teacher write a few books (presumably better than anything Stephen King could write), make more money than Stephen King, and quit teaching as a favor to us all.
@kal-elkent7658
5 жыл бұрын
Read King's book, Stephen King - On Writing. You may understand why your professor said what he did.
@ambehak4758
5 жыл бұрын
There are english literature professors and then there are creative writing professors. Two different degrees/career paths. I'd be surprised if your professor was both and he was slagging Mr. King off.
@gewgulkansuhckitt9086
5 жыл бұрын
@@kal-elkent7658 I have read it. What's wrong with it?
@kal-elkent7658
5 жыл бұрын
@@gewgulkansuhckitt9086 it's not so much that's wrong with the book itself; moreso it's King's behavior. When he mentions "cutting the fat" out of a story, presumably he must mean everyone else's because King always winds up with books with epic lengths that could have used a bit more "fat cutting" than has been done.
@gewgulkansuhckitt9086
5 жыл бұрын
@@kal-elkent7658 There's nothing inherently long with an epic length book just so long as it's a "lean" epic length book. Consider the Harry Potter books. Though they contain a lot of information, they are if anything too "lean". They race through scenes like the books were written for kids with ADHD. But if you were to stick them all together into one giant book, it would be incredibly long (and yet still good). When an author is creating a book, he/she comes up with a ton of information, character backstories, world-building trivia, etc. and the temptation is to cram as much of that as possible into the book to share it with the reader. The reader doesn't need most of that. It's enthralling, interesting stuff to the writer and perhaps to the diehard fan, but it's extraneous crap to the average reader. So it's possible to endorse "lean" books, write epic length books, and not be a hypocrite. Of course some people see any long book as too long. They're the TLDR crowd.
@MorningBunion
11 жыл бұрын
This was very intriguing, I was about to go to sleep when I popped by this. Glad I watched it all.
@klausthoma1915
5 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr. King - you taught me English. I never took the time to thank you for that, hereby i would like to do just that...for the (living) English language as i understand it, may well be encapsulated in the phrase "holy, jumping jesus"
@SirSoloSoul
6 жыл бұрын
This was nice to see. I like how he he takes time and thinks of the story before he sleeps and tries to make his characters have realistic habits. All very relatable.
@joshscott7401
4 жыл бұрын
Answering with anecdotes. A writer, ladies and gentlemen!
@Cyromantik
5 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way about the characters I draw. After doing this for awhile, I'm no longer drawing characters, they're drawing themselves and I'm just helping them along.
@eeMJaii
10 жыл бұрын
I wish my name was "insert whatever" King. Just so when people addressed me they would have to say "Mr. King" and I could extend my hand so they could kiss my emerald ring :)
@hallarious506
10 жыл бұрын
And then saying "You don't need the Mr., King is enough."
@lumossk3657
6 жыл бұрын
insert whatever king. sounds like the gayest name ever
@FuckSimple
6 жыл бұрын
How about Oral King?
@samanrai7050
5 жыл бұрын
My grandpa’s name is Larry King lol
@bronxlords
5 жыл бұрын
eeMJaii I WISH I HAD AN EMERALD RING.
@touhidanowarjoy1903
5 жыл бұрын
That Peter guy is the prime example of the type of people who never in life should be given control of anything.
@gaylordgizzard6419
Жыл бұрын
I know this comment is 3 years old, but that guy pissed me off so much. you're a good judge of character.
@kennethmccullah4905
Жыл бұрын
He is such a brilliant mind. Stephen King changed my life when I discovered his books as a kid.
@toddvandell85
5 жыл бұрын
Steve's host should give the microphone to those asking questions. Hate missing hearing the questions. Or set a couple mics up and form a line.
@suzannev12
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen King is still the best writer I have ever read. He has the ability to suck you in a story and keep you there and keep you thinking about it when you're not reading atm. That's a gift. No question about it. That he doesn't like trump is just a bonus.
@biohazardfilms5830
5 жыл бұрын
As a King fan, I was ecstatic to discover this video. Until I started watching. The man interrupting King was equivalent to him scribbling the pages into King's book using a black marker while you're still reading it. The video should be re-titled "Obnoxious jerk usurps a legend with his microphone".
@GlennDavey
4 жыл бұрын
There's a certain humility that comes from being in longterm recovery. Stephen King is very self-effacing, in a healthy self-confident way. But in appearance after appearance King will say something like "I'm just a guy." It's the complete opposite of the self-aggrandizing effects of cocaine use. And I think Stephen's an inspiration for continuing to be productive the way he has.
@markc1234golf
5 жыл бұрын
He's deviously imaginative i give him that and very personable it's almost as if he is an embodiment of his stories and his style of writing
@causeeffect7624
4 жыл бұрын
very well said
@scombs6543
4 жыл бұрын
I'm 14, and recently just finished my first short story. My first Stephen King book was Pet Sematary, and was my introduction into horror novels. I read my horror story to my English class and scared the shit out of them. My teacher said that my story reminded her of Mr. King and I said he was my inspiration. Stephen King is my favorite author, and always will be. I would do anything to meet him.
@verysilly8883
4 жыл бұрын
Just be extremely careful on this Internet, and seriously do not talk to anyone who you don't know.... Mr. King would no doubt agree, too many people are far worse than anything you've read so far. And some of the worst sound really nice at first... And they lie convincingly. Stay safe!!
@vinkeveen2
10 жыл бұрын
Aaah Stephen King, the only writer that wrote a book that actually made me cry. (pet cemetary)
@vinkeveen2
10 жыл бұрын
Thx Gramar nazi
@Leyox3
10 жыл бұрын
hes the only who ever bring me to read a book :D
@vinkeveen2
10 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah lets continue this debate in Dutch, my native tongue. I think i might be excused for messing up a language that half the " Actual" English speaking people can not even correctly type in.
@singleplayermoments
10 жыл бұрын
Brian Safprods Wow, what a dick. Why do you love it when someone incorrectly spells something?
@genericutubechannel
10 жыл бұрын
The Green Mile made me weep like a bitch towards the end.
@hlf3769
4 жыл бұрын
He’s so available to upcoming writers, he’s great
@BlueDaemonful
8 жыл бұрын
haha Stephen King, the rockstar of writing
@kirsteni.russell5903
5 жыл бұрын
After listening to Stephen King for a while, I recognize the voice in a novel of his that recently came out in paperback, THE OUTSIDER. That's a BIG book with multiple characters, and King seems very casual in this video, but after a while you can hear the storyteller speaking, and you also hear the discipline that keeps him inventing his stories and writing them.
@LibraGamesUnlimited
5 жыл бұрын
What he is talking about, regarding "Lord of the Flies" was what happened to me with his novel "It". I could stop reading it, night and day, I even got eye strain from it. Worth it.
@pringelsthegamefreak
8 жыл бұрын
Stephen King is funny as fuck! he seems nice and down to earth, he is an inspiration for many writers, what a great man.
@ziggylayneable
5 жыл бұрын
The first 15 minutes when he gets on stage he's talkin about the book "mr. Mercedes"
@theohuioiesin6519
3 жыл бұрын
Listening to his book On Writing and It is simply 100% fantastic. And it might even teach me how to write. Time will tell.
@pking4hjg
10 жыл бұрын
If you really care about 50 Shades and Twilight it comes in 48 minutes into this.
@jnordman86
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much and Stephen King just can't not be a badass with everything that man says!
@pking4hjg
10 жыл бұрын
Yes. It's an excellent lecture. I just thought it was funny that with all he talked about 50 Shades and Twilight was what they put in the title and his only comments about them are in the last 3 minutes. Did you read his book, On Writing? It's one of the best autobiographies I've read so far.
@jnordman86
10 жыл бұрын
That is funny, no haven't gotten to that read yet.
@zero15388
10 жыл бұрын
thanks. not that i care about those books, i just care about king's opinion on those books.
@pking4hjg
10 жыл бұрын
As you see he mentions them briefly in the last 3 minutes mostly because they make a lot of money.
@kwokydow2
5 жыл бұрын
I camr for the comments on other books but stayed for the entire thing and am not disappointed. He's great.
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