I am 45 now in 2024 and I just finished reading THE SHINING. I waited my entire life to have a son and he finally came in 2020. I could never imagine having the kinds of feelings Jack Torrance had for his son in that book. Anyway, I loved The Shining so much that I decided to read the sequel (Doctor Sleep). Highly recommend for anyone that also enjoyed the first book.
I know this will sound weird to some people and to some they will sadly know where I'm coming from. Stephen King saved my sanity as a teenager. When i read his books i could leave my horrible home life for a few chapters at a time. If I'm honest more than a few chapters at a time. But i digress. When people talk about his drug/alcohol abuse. He's human. Mr. King is the one who told us He had a problem. He's overcome His addictions and is a better man for it. Also from what i see and hear His kids are well adjusted human beings. Be like Stephen King!
My biggest regret in life. Was not reading more when I was younger. I take in and absorb so much more reading than I do watching or listening. Currently on wolves of the calla. Dark tower 5
I was 6 years old when Stephen King gave this interview. Who would have thought I was going to devour and enjoy his books as I do. The first I read was Misery, the last one Sleeping Beauties. I just want to keep on reading his books until I die.
I have now read everything thing he has ever written and now have to wait..and it's torture..for his next new book to come over 😞 no idea what I'm going to do when he stops writing 😵
2020 during lockdown I collected all of his books (hardbacks) and dug in! (huge fan over the years) Have read and reread: Misery, The Dead Zone, Mr Mercedes, Carrie, Salem’s Lot, The Shining, Later, The Institute, Billy Summers, Joyland, Duma Key, The Long Walk, many more TBR. I remember enjoying -starting in the 70s: Christine, IT, The Stand, Tommyknockers, Needfull Things, Thinner, Skeleton Crew, Night Shift etc.
I was 14 and I might have read some Stephen King by then. I did read Pet Cemetery, obviously after this interview. =D Good days then! Better days to come!
Just goes to show what a down to earth guy King is. Even in 1983, I'm sure King received invitations to speak at much larger venues in front of much bigger crowds, but he agreed to do this speaking engagement at a small town library in New England.
I've listened to this twice today. I find Stephen King so fascinating. I am new to his stories. Since 2020, Ive really started enjoying reading again and making time to do it more. I read Different Seasons, It, and 11.22.63 recently. I'm always left blown away by how good the stories and characters are. I'm currently listening to Fairy Tale on Audible. I'm loving it. Happy reading from Texas 😊
He really seems like a nice guy, I enjoyed listening to him talk. He has a wonderful sense of humor. I'm impressed that he even knew not to dangle your hands or feet over the edge of the bed...
During this time King would of been writing IT. This was a few months after 'Different Seasons' got released as well. It's interesting to imagine this time, where no one knew who Pennywise was.
Stephen King is a geniuse what a brilliant writer. I don't know how he can keep coming with these wonderful ideas. I grew up reading all his books since I was thirteen I read Carrie. I'm 54 now I just finished reading his latest Billy Summers, which is great I highly recommend for anyone.
Interesting how at the end he talks about pandemics and Im watching thks from covid quarantine. Thankfully its not bad and I'm getting better. I generally don't like disease stories but I might consider the Stand ....
Please read the book before watching the series. I am so disappointed with this new cbs series. I know a lot of people say this, but it’s especially true in this case.
He’s actually at his best talking about 50s horror movies which clearly influenced his novels. He even at the end accurately describes the mutation of viruses 🦠 which is what happening in 2021!!
It's a pleasure to listen to him as much as read, imho. I'm glad you put up this video, thanks. I do things a bit different now. I listen less popular UA-cam channels and avoid TV. I watch minor league teams instead of major leagues and on that thread I also try to read less popular authors. I can do a mix, though, and throw in some Steven King! =D
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. Stephen King is the family man type who lives next door. The man who offers a friendly smile and a courteous wave of the hand as you pass by his window. But if he were to invite you through his front door, who knows what may be in store...... The Mozart of suspense! Chris (UK).
Well, he manages to paint a vivid picture of Miss Byrd without saying a word about her, instead describing the other two teachers. "There were three third-grade teachers in the Acorn Street Grammar School; Miss Kinney, who was young and blonde and bouncy and had a boyfriend who picked her up after school in a blue convertible, Mrs Trask, who was shaped like a Moorish pillow, did her hair in braids and laughed. And Miss Byrd." Nice touch, I thought.
I just listened to a more recent interview and he has definitely dropped his accent a lot over the years. This is the voice that I remember hearing when he read the girl that loved Tom Gordon on audiobook. And bag of bones.
26:15 It’s crazy that King thought that the 1980’s had an information overload. I wonder if he’d consider the modern day to be the equivalent of Noah’s informational flood?
A lot of people were sort of in that mindset because the 80’s was about glitz and excess and flash, and could be seen as indulgent and overwhelming to some, so I would almost infer that he means visual information in addition to news/media information. Now, of course, it’s a different animal. Less glitz, less color, but far more data. Literal information of all kinds inundating our senses. Sonic, visual, data being poured into us at every turn - both whenever we want and when we don’t.
wow he is not just a good writer he was a good looker to when he was yonger such a dish, mind you he still is a fine looking man not changed much but he really got think over the years I think he looks to thin at times but thats just me he seems like over the yrs hes eyes sites got worse because afterr a while the adult stephen king screws his eyes up when he talking like hes got eye sight troubles no offense, but he cool anaway.
@@knownpleasures well Stephen hawking was smart and a fine looking man all his life in his own way more closer before Stephen hawking diead he still looked lovely.
When it comes to cancer, if someone doesn't tell me the increase in probability of mortality rate, then they can forget it because just seeing cancer causing in a test tube isn't convincing. The probability rate is a key. There are a limit to the number of things that cause cancer but it can be easy to dismiss *everything* as causing cancer. If one looks at the World Health Organization list of cancer causing substances, it is obvious that it is a limited list and that the majority of those on the list most people never encounter. That said, the media certainly makes us think there are massive problems to get us hooked on reading the news. Don't bother!
An 'Englishism'???!!!! No such thing, Mr. King. I think you'll find 'closet' is an Americanism for wardrobe. There is no such thing as an Englishism in our own language, but thanks for making me smile in response to that deliberate mistake.
@crisvis Sorry but that is the most redundant word ever. English people speak English as its our native tongue do regardless its not an affectation.. its the real mccoy. As adopters of the language you cannot then dictate what you perceive as eccentricities by those who invented it but never mind lol
@@rnw2739 You all didn't event English, lol. It's a West Germanic language brought to Britain. English - like all languages is an evolving thing. You do not speak English the same way it was spoken 500 or 1000 years ago. It's arrogant to think that your way of speaking English is the only way. You cannot claim ownership over something you cannot own.
@crisvis Not me personally no, but it originated from England.... thats why its called English. If you're questioning English people's ownership of it then you certainly destroy your claims about English isms lol
@@rnw2739 English did not originate from England. I just told you where it originated from, lol. It was a West Germanic language brought to Britain, just like English was eventually brought to America. Englishisms do exist from an American perspective.
That accent has always irked me. It seems so low class. Here's english lit teachers who do not even pronounce the English language properly. FYI I'm from California, proper public speaking should be important to anyone who stands behind a microphone. The over use of Umm, Ahh, And, So is such a pet pee! IMO
I am 45 now in 2024 and I just finished reading THE SHINING. I waited my entire life to have a son and he finally came in 2020. I could never imagine having the kinds of feelings Jack Torrance had for his son in that book. Anyway, I loved The Shining so much that I decided to read the sequel (Doctor Sleep). Highly recommend for anyone that also enjoyed the first book.
I know this will sound weird to some people and to some they will sadly know where I'm coming from. Stephen King saved my sanity as a teenager. When i read his books i could leave my horrible home life for a few chapters at a time. If I'm honest more than a few chapters at a time. But i digress. When people talk about his drug/alcohol abuse. He's human. Mr. King is the one who told us He had a problem. He's overcome His addictions and is a better man for it. Also from what i see and hear His kids are well adjusted human beings. Be like Stephen King!
My biggest regret in life. Was not reading more when I was younger. I take in and absorb so much more reading than I do watching or listening. Currently on wolves of the calla. Dark tower 5
Yes, be a crackhead!
Eddie Dean "saved my fucking soul man." I get where you're coming from.
@@reginaldforthright805 your trolling needs work buddy.
Nice.. Well written.
GOD BLESS YOU. I can't get enough of vintage King footage.
I was 6 years old when Stephen King gave this interview. Who would have thought I was going to devour and enjoy his books as I do. The first I read was Misery, the last one Sleeping Beauties. I just want to keep on reading his books until I die.
I have now read everything thing he has ever written and now have to wait..and it's torture..for his next new book to come over 😞 no idea what I'm going to do when he stops writing 😵
2020 during lockdown I collected all of his books (hardbacks) and dug in! (huge fan over the years) Have read and reread: Misery, The Dead Zone, Mr Mercedes, Carrie, Salem’s Lot, The Shining, Later, The Institute, Billy Summers, Joyland, Duma Key, The Long Walk, many more TBR. I remember enjoying -starting in the 70s: Christine, IT, The Stand, Tommyknockers, Needfull Things, Thinner, Skeleton Crew, Night Shift etc.
I was 14 and I might have read some Stephen King by then. I did read Pet Cemetery, obviously after this interview. =D Good days then! Better days to come!
Just goes to show what a down to earth guy King is. Even in 1983, I'm sure King received invitations to speak at much larger venues in front of much bigger crowds, but he agreed to do this speaking engagement at a small town library in New England.
I met King in 1985 at the Portland Mall. He was so cool
I've listened to this twice today. I find Stephen King so fascinating. I am new to his stories. Since 2020, Ive really started enjoying reading again and making time to do it more. I read Different Seasons, It, and 11.22.63 recently. I'm always left blown away by how good the stories and characters are. I'm currently listening to Fairy Tale on Audible. I'm loving it. Happy reading from Texas 😊
He really seems like a nice guy, I enjoyed listening to him talk. He has a wonderful sense of humor. I'm impressed that he even knew not to dangle your hands or feet over the edge of the bed...
During this time King would of been writing IT. This was a few months after 'Different Seasons' got released as well.
It's interesting to imagine this time, where no one knew who Pennywise was.
Wow that's intriguing
And I was 11 years old and already enjoying his books. Lol, this takes me way back
Before a point when people would go crazy when he mentioned a title. Lol.
@LiveOkie back then it took longer for the editorial and publication side of things.
@LiveOkie you were right. he mentions here about pet semetary as finished product and admits to working with Peter on his next novel.
I could listen to him talk for days
Stephen King is a geniuse what a brilliant writer. I don't know how he can keep coming with these wonderful ideas. I grew up reading all his books since I was thirteen I read Carrie. I'm 54 now I just finished reading his latest Billy Summers, which is great I highly recommend for anyone.
"I'm losing my throat..." [lights 5th cigarette]
Interesting how at the end he talks about pandemics and Im watching thks from covid quarantine. Thankfully its not bad and I'm getting better. I generally don't like disease stories but I might consider the Stand ....
Please read the book before watching the series. I am so disappointed with this new cbs series. I know a lot of people say this, but it’s especially true in this case.
He’s actually at his best talking about 50s horror movies which clearly influenced his novels. He even at the end accurately describes the mutation of viruses 🦠 which is what happening in 2021!!
Brilliant upload!
Thank you so much.
It's a pleasure to listen to him as much as read, imho. I'm glad you put up this video, thanks. I do things a bit different now. I listen less popular UA-cam channels and avoid TV. I watch minor league teams instead of major leagues and on that thread I also try to read less popular authors. I can do a mix, though, and throw in some Steven King! =D
Awesome to hear him talk about mark Petrie and Pet Sematary before it was released
great interview
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
Stephen King is the family man type who lives next door. The man who offers a friendly smile and a courteous wave of the hand as you pass by his window.
But if he were to invite you through his front door, who knows what may be in store......
The Mozart of suspense!
Chris (UK).
Well, he manages to paint a vivid picture of Miss Byrd without saying a word about her, instead describing the other two teachers.
"There were three third-grade teachers in the Acorn Street Grammar School; Miss Kinney, who was young and blonde and bouncy and had a boyfriend who picked her up after school in a blue convertible, Mrs Trask, who was shaped like a Moorish pillow, did her hair in braids and laughed. And Miss Byrd."
Nice touch, I thought.
He's still telling the Coppola story in his appearances today.
Yeah he got some tired lines
I enjoyed the vid. Thanks!
As if Pet Semetary had yet to come out at the time of this talk. He was definitely in a sweet spot creatively around this time.
Thanks for this gem of a video. Is that Stephen’s real hair? What an interesting dude. Libraries rule.
Awesome man
I just listened to a more recent interview and he has definitely dropped his accent a lot over the years. This is the voice that I remember hearing when he read the girl that loved Tom Gordon on audiobook. And bag of bones.
I hate youtube ads like I hate clowns
Before a point when people would go crazy when he mentioned a title. Lol.
What a sensational speaker
Smoking in the library. Those were the days.
Thanik!!!
The Stand: how prophetic.
Hopefully our current stats aren't as bad as those in The Stand
@@ckluesenergorman So far....
Such a different time. He probably smoked about 7 cigarettes during this entire event lol.
Those autographs are worth a lot now. Wonder if that crowd knew that then? I have a Hardback of 11/22/63 and a 8x10 photo signed.
i’m so jealous! i can’t get my hands on anything signed
30:30 a smoke infront of the audience.... Yea baby.
7:27 "the only claim to fame is a big plastic statue of Paul Bunyan" Hmm... that sounds familiar...
Yeah. Stephen King once said Derry is basically a portral of Bangor.
this feels so much like stand up haha
What happened to horror writers like this Genius Author ✍🏾 I watched his movies 🎥 with my mother since a kid 👧🏽
Long live Billerica!
💘
He looks like the quiet kid who made it big after hightschool
Respected40s😊
He writes whats on his mind
He was right about The Thing
26:15 It’s crazy that King thought that the 1980’s had an information overload. I wonder if he’d consider the modern day to be the equivalent of Noah’s informational flood?
A lot of people were sort of in that mindset because the 80’s was about glitz and excess and flash, and could be seen as indulgent and overwhelming to some, so I would almost infer that he means visual information in addition to news/media information.
Now, of course, it’s a different animal. Less glitz, less color, but far more data. Literal information of all kinds inundating our senses. Sonic, visual, data being poured into us at every turn - both whenever we want and when we don’t.
What state is this in?
Massachusetts
@@davidunger222 thanks so much
Probably coked up during the interview
26:14 if he thought it was information overload then......
If Necessary Said Stephen King
See also: threeworldages.com
Back when you could get him for a hotel room and a six-pack :)
wow he is not just a good writer he was a good looker to when he was yonger such a dish, mind you he still is a fine looking man not changed much but he really got think over the years I think he looks to thin at times but thats just me he seems like over the yrs hes eyes sites got worse because afterr a while the adult stephen king screws his eyes up when he talking like hes got eye sight troubles no offense, but he cool anaway.
As he got older after his car crash he looks more and more like Stephen Hawking
@@knownpleasures well Stephen hawking was smart and a fine looking man all his life in his own way more closer before Stephen hawking diead he still looked lovely.
*Prime sk*
All the talk about cancer everywhere but he is smoking. Wonder when he gave that up?
When it comes to cancer, if someone doesn't tell me the increase in probability of mortality rate, then they can forget it because just seeing cancer causing in a test tube isn't convincing. The probability rate is a key. There are a limit to the number of things that cause cancer but it can be easy to dismiss *everything* as causing cancer. If one looks at the World Health Organization list of cancer causing substances, it is obvious that it is a limited list and that the majority of those on the list most people never encounter. That said, the media certainly makes us think there are massive problems to get us hooked on reading the news. Don't bother!
26:15 🤡
The guy/girl with the camera in the background is very annoying.
35:36 lol 1 lady got it
King needs to update these speeches, he been getting a lot of mileage off the same tired jokes. Great writer though
An 'Englishism'???!!!!
No such thing, Mr. King. I think you'll find 'closet' is an Americanism for wardrobe.
There is no such thing as an Englishism in our own language, but thanks for making me smile in response to that deliberate mistake.
"Englishism" is an actual word just like "Americanism" is 💀
Maybe not in your country, but it is here in America. We do speak English differently.
@crisvis Sorry but that is the most redundant word ever. English people speak English as its our native tongue do regardless its not an affectation.. its the real mccoy. As adopters of the language you cannot then dictate what you perceive as eccentricities by those who invented it but never mind lol
@@rnw2739 You all didn't event English, lol. It's a West Germanic language brought to Britain. English - like all languages is an evolving thing. You do not speak English the same way it was spoken 500 or 1000 years ago.
It's arrogant to think that your way of speaking English is the only way. You cannot claim ownership over something you cannot own.
@crisvis Not me personally no, but it originated from England.... thats why its called English. If you're questioning English people's ownership of it then you certainly destroy your claims about English isms lol
@@rnw2739 English did not originate from England. I just told you where it originated from, lol. It was a West Germanic language brought to Britain, just like English was eventually brought to America.
Englishisms do exist from an American perspective.
Damn, every time he tells the same fucking story about being mistaken for Francis Ford Coppola. Come on, man, this joke became old a long time ago.
Newsflash: this talk was almost 40 years ago. Before the internet no one would have heard it except those present.
@@dkahl2803 Yeah, but you'd think 40 years later, he'd have more humorous stories to tell
That accent has always irked me. It seems so low class. Here's english lit teachers who do not even pronounce the English language properly. FYI I'm from California, proper public speaking should be important to anyone who stands behind a microphone. The over use of Umm, Ahh, And, So is such a pet pee! IMO
Wtf are you talking about mam
oooh lil ms fancy pants !!!! get a grip :)) , who cares x
wtf are you talking about Stephen King!
Who gives a shit about anything you twits in California do anything. I keep looking forward for day California falls of into the Pacific.
Totally, like what is with that accent. Like he doesn’t know how to like speak English.
Listen lady...if you refuse to pronounce R's...then stop using words that contain them.