I've watched like 5 of these talks over the past few days. I've heard most of the stories and jokes he tells more than once. But I never skip ahead because he's just such a joy to listen to.
I just got to the part where he tells the bar jokes and the Allstate joke about a crazy person in your car or your house. Didn’t skip Because I just love to hear him speak
15 minutes of introduction. I get it. Probably the best part of the entire video when he says, "I'm sorry about the delay... I was hypnotized by all the introductions". My sentiments, exactly.
@@Radiatoron88 15 minutes? At his level of success, he is no longer bothered by the tedious minutiae most of us mortals have that fills up too much of our time. I am sure he was fine with it. ;-)
In early 90's I was sick at home laying on my bed, already had been two days. TV offered nothing to watch and I've already read all my comics, playing Nintendo didn't interested me either, so I was getting really bored. I asked my older brother to play with me: with cards or battleship or anything, but he hadn't time at the moment. Instead of killing some time with me and keeping me entertained he said: "Why don't you read a book?", and handed me over Stephen King's Four Past Midnight short story collection which is thick as a brick! I was about 12 years old and never read a single book... I thought that would be really boring... and couldn't really understand why the people read books anyways. But my brother said there's really good, compelling and very scary stories. and was like "yeah, right..." But when he went away I opened that book and decided to give it a chance: "So, entertain me, mr. King! Give me your best shot! Bring it on!" The first story was the Langoliers and it totally blew me away, dragged me into this amazing world of imagination. Sooner than I noticed I _was in that world_ mister King was created with his very irresistible story telling ability! I saw everything, heard everything, smelled everything, felt everything he wanted me to... _I really was there!_ That's what it felt like and still does. I read that book -thick as a brick- in two days. And I was so amazed... how in the fuck a book can do that? It was better than watching a movie! Since then I have read all the Finnish editions of his works, over 60 now. And he drove me to read so many other writers too. I am very glad that I had that experience - King experience! - at the beginning of my reader career, because lousy and boring author would've probably driven me totally away from the literature.
@@sophiebrown4490 You're being too kind. She has a loud, buzz-saw voice that I immediately turned off. How much of her possibly ego-driven bombast does the audience have to tolerate?
He lives in Bangor I think. My dad has driven by his house a few times. Apparently, his house in Bangor is as creepy as his books. He's got a creepy gate with like gargoyles on it or something.
+TheBumpyScrub it is in Bangor, Maine. I used to pass by it almost every day. The gate has bats on it.☺️ He actually donated a bunch of money for buses to get around town called bat buses.
Around 1975 or so. Gadsden, Alabama mall. I'm looking at the paperbacks and come across a novel. Vampires and small town New England. The clerk says "This King guy is getting popular. I bought it and the rest is Constant Reader History. :-)
That’s a cool story sir, thanks for sharing! I’m just trying to imagine being at a bookstore and King having only a couple of books published. When I first discovered him (friend of mine handed me a copy of The Green Mile in 2003) I remember going to Borders and being shocked at how many options I had to choose from!
Got me into my first adult books my sturdy hall teacher seen me reading his books and told me she meet him one time I thought how awesome would that be differently some one I look up to growing up
I should confess that everyday I read Stephen King's work, for the time being I'm reading 'IT' whereas I'm not a native speaker, I enjoy his works(novels) so far I have read ( The outsider, Pet Sematary, ' IT' , the shining and Doctor sleep) I hope the new of him ' It bleeds' would be an amazing one.
King is entertaining as hell to listen to, even taking into account his oft-repeated anecdotes (and he seems to be a pretty good sport for doing these sorts of things at all)--but *man*, getting through that first 15 minutes with these folks at the mic must have been BRUTAL for the audience in attendance. o_0 Posted Videos for the win, once again!
Very fun to listen to, what's not fun is them censoring him... Kids won't be listening to this, and if an adult can't handle a few swear words that means those adults have way worse problems than hearing some swear words.
I recently became ill. Stephen interviews helps pass time. This audience freaks me out! Stephen usually has large cheers and people rolling over with laughter. This group is eerily silent!? I had a step grandfather whom had a place in his garage where he "treated" creatures caught in a live trap.. He introduced me to it at 6 years old. Even that small I thought, "WTF" and "No f-ing way I want to watch next time you empty the trap.. I'm fairly certain he was a serial killer but I have 0% proof. Even having investigated him it was so long ago when people didn't know about such monsters. Point is, I was exposed multiple times to a monster and Stephen is the writer..? Thank you so much for putting this up and for the anonymity of the net, I don't really want to be known after sharing that gem...
The idea is that curse words are bad in themselves, the utterance is what is vicious so that anyone who hears them is subject to the viciousness as well. A story or account of murder need not be vicious or corrupting in itself. "John killed James," will not encourage someone to go out and kill, but to say "go f%#k yourself," will cause someone to more easily use the word "f%#k"
Ideas come from random places and at random times. It's important to capture them and see if something develops. Sometimes it's a dead end but sometimes it's a story that practically writes itself but if you don't recognize it, if you don't capture it by jotting it down on a napkin, a notebook, whatever, you'll never know.
+Jim Lewis Why? This is a tweet from Stephen King this June: "Until responsible gun owners support responsible gun control laws, innocent blood will continue to flow. How many times must we see this?"
@@DrVVVinK damn you must be strong mentally because theres a lot of movies that made me cry lol. And yea every single time I watch The Green Mile or the one time I read the book, made me really weak
@@Magerquark Movies don't really make me cry, unlike books, but mostly just leave me shocked that it leaves me depress, some to the point it that I could only see once. Two that come to mind are Gus Van Sant's "Elapahnt" and the movie "The Impossible" , with Ewan McGregor, and the Spider-Man kid. I remember after that movie walking back to my aparemtn from the teater after that film, and just being in a daze. I then realized I walked three or four blocks pass the street with my building, I was living at at the time.
CoCoCat this is why i scroll the comments on these things, theres always a comment about the intro, this shit is ridiculous though stfu creepy old people!
+Nostalgia Yeah that's a Manatee\Sarasota county FL thing. It's my hometown, I had to grow up with those old rich farts and their endless self back patting. -_- At least it's warm and pretty enough to attract Stephen King for the winters.
Hey, dumbasses? This wasn't made for you idiots. It's a thing that this group is doing. They're going to do their personal presentation. I hate to break it to you, but no one cares about your ADHD-riddled brains. Fuck off.
34:54 The cook comes around, are you somebody famous? 36:48 So far I can still read my signature 37:14 We we’re going to England for a holiday. I don’t sleep well on planes. 39:11 Jet lagged out of my mind. 40:07 Thank you, what a gorgeous desk. It was Rudyard Kipling’s desk. 41:17 Writing can be learned, it can’t exactly be taught. I write because I can Because it’s a great privilege 43:03 2 Jumper Cables Walk Into A Bar. How? 44:03 _The Ladies Room_ • All these men are waiting SCREAM Everyone disappears inside the Ladies Room 46:45 Shortest Short Story 47:44 Make sure your car is locked 🔒; make sure your house is locked 🔒 *Q&A* 50:25 No 51:08 What made you become an author? Always wanted to be one. I didn’t even know what it was but I had to get at it. 52:25 _Lord of the flies_ 53:09 Is authoring a 1 man job? 55:13 _Under the dome_ 55:57 I don’t have the worlds best self-image. (Imposter syndrome.) The process takes a year 58:37 No 59:30 Ur 1:00:01 What Scares You? - The idea someone might be the back of my car - talking in front of a large group of people - Molly the puppy’s toilet training 1:02:45 Krab’s at 4 o’clock in the morning
I wonder how many people have attempted to complete the "Ladies Room" premise, based on this and previous anecdotes he has mentioned about it? It certainly has promise. I'll bet they are terrible efforts. But, if Stephen ever manages to figure out what is happening in "that" room, it will be a good tale. I have some ideas, myself!! Sadly, the story clearly belongs to him, if ever it is completed, because the idea was his and his alone.
He's a very entertaining guy, very likeable. I only read his memoir as I can't handle scary books or movies. I do watch his talks as I'm just interested in other writers, their processes, and their lives. From his talks one could think he writes comedy, he's got a great sense of humour and he's very down-to-earth, the two qualities not every celebrity has.
53:20 "Cycle of the Werewolf" which the movie, "Silver Bullet" was based off from was another illustrated book I remember vividly as a young kid because of those graphic illustrations in the book.
Sometimes, Stephen King is like my imaginary friend, who deals with my bullies in ways that they can't fully process, and even if they could, who'd even believe them?
It must get old being asked, "Where do you get your ideas?" Reminds me of the Seinfeld where some guy asks Jerry at a party where he gets his material, and Jerry responds something like, "I hear a man's voice, but it only speaks in German, so I need a translator."
That story, people do that. I was reading King, and people would say "I don't like Stevie." then they tell a King book they like. They play at being naive. I like thee stories, but on the far side of the bell curve, all you have is the past.
By now, hopefully everyone knows to skip to 15:18 to avoid all the insipid blather...At any rate, at 19:08 King mentions Ed McBain and Evan Hunter both, which, oddly enough are the same writer. In King’s latest book “If It Bleeds” McBain and John D. McDonald are mentioned in 2 of his novellas, so he obviously has always held these writers in high esteem. Having reading over 20 novels between these two authors myself, I can attest to their high caliber as story tellers.
wow - never heard air terror put that way: but I've thought it frequently. LOL. Gotta stay awake, gotta know what' sup: if not WE ALL DIE!!! LOl seriously, my precise thoughts. Glad to know I'm not alone....
Uno dei miei compiti in quanto scrittore è quello di assalire le vostre emozioni e forse di mangiarvi - e per far questo uso tutti gli strumenti disponibili. Forse sarà per spaventarvi perché vi amo e vi odio, ma potrebbe anche essere per prendervi in modo più nel dito sul ano, per farvi sentire tristi. Riuscire a farvi sentire caldi è positivo. Riuscire a farvi freddi è positivo. Farvi urlare, ridere, piangere, e sublime ma non mi importa, ma coinvolgervi, farvi fare qualcosa di più diverso che mettere il libro nello scaffale dicendo: "Ne ho finito un altro", senza nessuna reazione. Questa è una cosa che odio amo . Voglio che sappiate che io "sono tutto nei libri che scrivo".
Oh yeah, no doubt. I'm a terrible public speaker too. Fortunately, I don't have to be in my line of work. Just saying, she kinda bombed it. I don't blame her though. I'd be nervous even if Stephen King wasn't there. That place was packed.
Know your limitations. Hire someone to do it right. Anyway whoever bleeped this video (show producers?) should never of picked Steven King to speak in the first place. And I’m sure he never approved being censored.
CoCoCat Yeah but he looks 80, my dad is 65 and could dance circles around him. Maybe it was all the drugs and alcohol not to mention hit by a car. Oh well, I'll keep reading as long as he keeps writing. Live long and keep writing Mr. King!
aarondavid826 , we're all getting old. It's called life, and it happens to everyone. If you shift your thinking just a little, you can learn a lot and come to embrace the reality that we're all born young, and we all die old (if we're LUCKY!). If you look at an older person with the mindset that says not "Fuck me, he's getting so old" and instead tell yourself "That's a person who has lived a lot of life. He's further down the path than me, and there may be a deep well of experience I can benefit from." It's about respect, and about breaking out of the broken cultural idea that AGE = LESS-THAN. You'll get there one day, too. I hope when you do that there are younger people around who choose to benefit from your acquired perspective :)
Carla Baku Well i do respect him and his wisdom etc but i guess it's well fuck me I"M GETTING OLDER and it sucks i guess maybe not though just a reality check
I love SK. Most of the stories he told are warmed-over, but that's ok because he does such a great job with the delivery. But the audience questions! Holy sh*t. No offense, but was he giving this speech to a special ed class or what?
