Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin Kingis an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. Many of his stories are set in...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1947
CityPortland, ME
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The U.S. economy is continuing to weaken, ... We are bearish over the next few months. The beige book continues to show weakness in the U.S.
I don't think my books would've have been as successful as they are if the readers didn't think they were in the hands of a true crazy person. When I start a story, I don't know where it's going.
I'm delighted to know that my future with Scribner, Pocket Books and Simon & Schuster Audio is secure.
I don't make movies. I don't feel that I have to have artistic control. Part of this comes from the fact that the book lives on no matter what Hollywood does to your novel in terms of a film. Now, you try to be careful who you allow to do your film because nobody wants their novel to become a turkey movie. But, on the other hand, it is a crapshot anyway, because even the best people can make a bad film.
When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.
This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit.
I'm a slow reader, but I usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, most fiction. I don't read in order to study the craft; I read because I like to read
Some of this book—perhaps too much—has been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you can do it better. The rest of it—and perhaps the best of it—is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.
Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.
My books depend on someone in danger, putting pieces together and figuring things out. They do a lot of thinking, and that gets lost in the movie.
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right as long as there's a lending library.
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.