Stephen King interview w/Bill Maher

shereads · Jan 28, 2006

Amazon.com has a new video feature for the summer, "Fishbowl," hosted by Maher. Fans of S. King (even those who appreciated "On Writing" but not his novels) might like this 9 minute interview.

I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.

~ Stephen King

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/16305491/104-2087006-0322313

ABSTRUSE · Jan 28, 2006

Kewl.

shereads · Jan 28, 2006

ABSTRUSE said:
Kewl.

I'm not sure if this is very big for amazon or very sad for Bill Maher.

ABSTRUSE · Jan 28, 2006

shereads said:
I'm not sure if this is very big for amazon or very sad for Bill Maher.

A little of column A and a little of column B.

I enjoyed "On Writing", I love to find out where authors get their ideas from and what the processes are that they choose.

shereads · Jan 28, 2006

ABSTRUSE said:
I enjoyed "On Writing", I love to find out where authors get their ideas from and what the processes are that they choose.

I would like to have seen the Salmon Rushdie interview. I like to find out how authors get their death threats and where they hide.

ABSTRUSE · Jan 28, 2006

shereads said:
I would like to have seen the Salmon Rushdie interview. I like to find out how authors get their death threats and where they hide.

Authors are hard to find, just like terrorists...only not as destructive.
Most hide in luxury apartments funded by sympathetic persons of great persuasion....like Ivana Trump. She has several in various closets throughout her house.

MichelleLovesTo · Jan 28, 2006

ABSTRUSE said:
Authors are hard to find, just like terrorists...only not as destructive.
Most hide in luxury apartments funded by sympathetic persons of great persuasion....like Ivana Trump. She has several in various closets throughout her house.

Where does one apply to be a kept writer?

ABSTRUSE · Jan 28, 2006

MichelleLovesTo said:
Where does one apply to be a kept writer?

I'll let you know as soon as I find out.

TheEarl · Jan 28, 2006

Thank you so much for that. Loved that interview to pieces. Had no idea who Bill Maher was before that, but now am quite a fan. And Stephen King is one of the people I'd invite to my "If you could have dinner with anyone" dinner.

That kind of interview's just like having the conversation yourself.

The Earl

rgraham666 · Jan 28, 2006

I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.

~ Stephen King

King stole that line from Robert Bloch, the guy who wrote Psycho.

MichelleLovesTo · Jan 28, 2006

rgraham666 said:
King stole that line from Robert Bloch, the guy who wrote Psycho.

I'm pretty sure I've heard him use the quote before, and attribute it to Bloch.

In fact: http://www.quotesplace.com/i/b/Stephen_King
* People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk.
o (Originally said by Robert Bloch, as King has mentioned when quoting it.)

And:http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2003/03/im-quoting-this-from-us-edition-of.asp

Boxlicker101 · Jan 28, 2006

shereads said:
I would like to have seen the Salmon Rushdie interview. I like to find out how authors get their death threats and where they hide.

I have never been threatened with death but some authors have reported them. Personally, I think it would be really cool to have some nut threaten me with death because I wrote a story about a married woman having an affair.

TheEarl · Jan 28, 2006

Boxlicker101 said:
I have never been threatened with death but some authors have reported them. Personally, I think it would be really cool to have some nut threaten me with death because I wrote a story about a married woman having an affair.

You not been in the Loving Wives category then?

The Earl

Svenskaflicka · Jan 28, 2006

Speaking of teaching techniques, I remember when a female stand-up comedian in Sweden was going to explain how to do proper stand-up comedy:

"You stand up... and then you're funny. The whole time."

shereads · Jan 29, 2006

Boxlicker101 said:
I have never been threatened with death but some authors have reported them. Personally, I think it would be really cool to have some nut threaten me with death because I wrote a story about a married woman having an affair.

Write one where the woman has an affair with the Prophet Muhammed. That might work.

SeaCat · Jan 29, 2006

I saw this interview and thought it was great. It just didn't go far enough. Mr. King is a strange and interesting person. Extremely intelligent and very articulate he is also slightly warped and has a great sense of humor.

Cat

Boxlicker101 · Jan 29, 2006

shereads said:
Write one where the woman has an affair with the Prophet Muhammed. That might work.

Maybe I can write about Mary having an affair with Muhammed.

Selena_Kitt · Jan 29, 2006

Thanks for this!!
<---Huge Stephen King fan

shereads · Jan 29, 2006

Boxlicker101 said:
Maybe I can write about Mary having an affair with Muhammed.

Add Joseph in a three-way, and you've got yourself a fatwah.

You might want to ask Bono for the keys to the guest house first.

shereads · Jan 29, 2006

Maher: "...but if you had never been a drinker, would your writing have been the same?"

King: "Better."

<pause>

Maher: "Boy. That is not the answer I was looking for."

King: "Sorry, Smoochie. It's the one you've got."

Guest · Jan 29, 2006

shereads said:
Maher: "...but if you had never been a drinker, would your writing have been the same?"

King: "Better."

<pause>

Maher: "Boy. That is not the answer I was looking for."

King: "Sorry, Smoochie. It's the one you've got."

*snort!*

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