Stephen King Talks About Childhood and The Origin of Fear
I loved reading as a kid, but for a long time after college, I stopped reading novels for fun. I don't exactly know why — I think I was forced to read so many things for assignments and projects that the very act of opening a book was somehow compromised for me — but I finally got over that self-imposed nonsense a couple of years ago and fell in love with reading for fun again. I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do, and I think the works of Stephen King are one of the biggest areas I need to concentrate on. I read the first Dark Tower entry (The Gunslinger) earlier this year, but with so many movie adaptations out there of King's work (including an upcoming adaptation of It next year), there are a bunch of his novels I want to read as soon as I can.
This old interview with King, in which he talks about childhood, fear, and more, has been animated as a YouTube video, and I think it's a good watch for people like me who haven't fully gotten into his writing yet and also for long-time fans of his. It's always cool to get inside the head of prolific artists like this and see where they're coming from with the work they create.