Stephen King is one of the world's most successful storytellers. He talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about his novels and newest film "A Good Marriage" based on his novel.
There is a guy where I work, that from certain angles looks just like Stephen King. Kinda freaked me out when I first saw him, especially since I work at a mental institution, LOL!
But no Shakespeare, that's for sure. Calling him a 'genius' puts him alongside Newton, Darwin and Einstein - truly preposterous. "Genius" (like "awesome") is one of the most overworked, misused words of our time.
this interview reminds me of how women on the red carpet get asked about their nails and dress and not about their career. They had the chance to interview one of the best authors ever to live and the botched it.
+AntiHoplophobia it would be worth every second of it with hands painted red and all...or I'd be lucky and wait until her was with eddy and susan that roland is the one I like most anyways, lol more mature 😉
kxtcx3iox2307 0 Yes, of course, he's MUCH more mature... being eternal, and all... (I'm assuming you've read ALL of TDT series, and if you have, BRAVO!)... was W&G your favorite book in the series?
Stephen King and his long life career is a blessing to humanity. So many beginner and advanced authors hope to be able to be like him. Especially his creative process that makes him able to write good thick bound novels so goddamned fast even other experienced authors are jealous of.
Jason Hatherlee Yes ! Very disappointed in Charlie because he has interviewed King before. But u can tell that Gayle and the other woman have never read his books before. He is a true storyteller teller and character writer. Not a horror commodity.
The three co-anchors keep looking at Mr. King as if saying, "Tell us something good, 'juicy' and insightful for the show. He keeps responding to them as if saying, "I'm simply re-explaining what you all should already know."
Its these kind of interviews that can remind us all that fame and money aside, people are still just people with a lot of the same every day worries and fears the average person has.
Cracks me up, these 'norms', with no creativity, simply can't get their heads around the fact that writer working on dark stuff isn't weird or psychotic.
He’s so sharp and down to earth. Pretty certain that he loves writing and is totally comfortable spending long periods of time alone, he’s done it for over four decades. These fluff promo interviews must be such a drag. Coming up with different ways to answer the same tired questions that he’s been asked since he started out.
Terrible interview. It's beyond obvious the "journalists" here have only the vaguest of knowledge about him or his work. That, and their producers seemingly scoured his Wiki page for information.
If I were Stephen King, I'd wear all the pants. I'd buy every pair of pants ever (then donate them to all the disadvantaged people in the state of Maine).
The guy is the fucking Shakespeare of his time and these insipid dingbats (who probably haven't even read an SK novel) call what he writes "creepy stories"--as if you can just lump all the complexity of his works under the label "creepy stories." Pick up 11/22/63 or Bag of Bones or Lisey's Story and tell me that these are just the minor works of a penny-dreadful hack... I don't think so. As a minor note--I don't find It, Misery, or books like the Shining "creepy" even if some of the characters in them could be genuinely labeled so.
I agree with you completely. He writes beautiful stories and they happen to have horror elements in them among many other things. He writes much more than horror stories. Hearts in Atlantis, The Body, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption to name a few of his masterpieces. He is the Dickens of our time.
Really? You read "11-22-63" and didn't think it was 'just a tiny bit' lifted from the resurrected "Twilight Zone" from the 80's?The episode that depicted virtually ALL of the same circumstances? (it's on 'Tube) Yeah...I was more than 'peeved'that Steve-o didn't acknowledge any of those 'similarities' either in the preface or 'afterword' or anywhere at all. (although he did leave-out any references to the 'Kennedy half-dollar' coin that convinced Jack that the 'traveler' was actually 'who and what' he said he was...as well as the fact that 'reality cannot be denied' and the 'Professor' would have to take Kennedy's place) (writing a 'vampire-story' and not giving 'props' to Bram Stoker is okay...after all, the "Night Flyer" is a completely different setting and characters and so on...but '11-22-63' is damn near a 'clone' of the original screenplay!)
Agree 100 percent. He's underrated just because he's so famous. His plots are extremely rich, and he may be the best there is at character development. Lisey's Story and 11/22/63 were particularly amazing.
Sadly it is because of the genre. Horror (like in many cases sci-fi or even romantic themes) are underrated, so if you write a novel with that theme, it's not gonna get you a Pulitzer. Sure, many critics will love it, but again, it's the genre. It's a very snobish point of view IMO. And he has sold like 400 million copies, that's something many people don't like either, cause a hit book can't be good. That opinion is also very stupid. Especially with King, I finished Misery a few weeks ago, it was about 450 pages, we're pretty much in the same room the whole time, and the the story itself, his prose, his way with words is just amazing. I'm an avid reader but I find him unique, in a great way.
Absolutely love Stephen king. I feel like he's doing his best to make up for the embarrassing inadequacies of these American presenters. If you get SK on your show then you definitely ask more interesting questions, right?
When I was a young boy and I loved King's stories I imagined him as a reserved man surrounded by a mysterious aura and away from TV studios like Pynchon or Ligotti, with the arrival of youtube I discovered that he was always on TV. Today I still consider him an excellent writer but the myth of my adolescence is dead.
Please keep me scary, Mr. King! When I got depressed, watching, listening, reading, Stephen King’s works , scary, sad, etc.... It is totally helping me to getting rid of depression.
Huge fan of Stephen King although didnt read his all books but watched all the movies that was inspired by his books ..and love all of them ...it's good to see him in all the movies as guest appearance...
She's spot on. I figured that out only a few years ago. But now it's better, cause finally I know why I'm afraid of them. So I can just kill them before they move. PS.: I will never buy the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Or IT. I can't hit books. :/
I wish Charlie Rose, I wouldn't expect it of the others, to have a copy of the original hardcover book with SK and the big acoustic guitar and get a reaction from the author reflecting on all the time that has passed.
His book The Stand was amazing, took me on such a wild adventure and the whole story was written so flawlessly with so many complex characters. My only complaint is (SPOILER ALERT)...................................................that one of my favorite characters Larry Underwood was killed off.
I like the "Dark Tower" series best. I don't think his writings are scary as much as psychological and probes into human nature. I guess it depends on the person. My family thinks Stephen King gives me bad ideas (yes, I'm an adult), but the books they read make me crazy. If people bring up spies or psychological warfare, I start up on one of my rants and waste the day.
Oh Come On!!I LOVE Stephen King, But These Interviewers Could've Asked Him Some Better Questions Than These.They're Asking Him Questions That Happened Nearly 20/40 Years Ago
