13 Minute interview w/ Stephen King on February 16th, 1997 on the program "60 Minutes"

[MyNinja213]

I am just like Stephen! we have so much in commen!

[AliceElphabaWonka]

omg what is that Chinese restaurant/fortune cookie scene from???

[SuperDino700]

stephen king you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zombiwok]

Steve's eyebrows hit the roof when she asked about a present for Tabitha on Monday. How did this uber conservative mummy get to interview the Kings.

Ty uploading

[14597ojai]

love the baby steve pic :D he looks so similar

[TheWalkingDeadComic1]

Maybe his father's dead.....

[UncannyValleyVideos]

I love how Stephen King grossed out that tight-assed interviewer. 

[joesoap81]

I didnt know u could record with a tin of tuna fish.

[skybreaker09]

Nineteen ;)

[TSGS21]

"We were going to retired and become full time writers." Best line in the interview in my mind. How great of a feeling is that? Retire to then work at what you really love to do which is not really work at all. Amazing interview.

[musicdork4ever]

this lady's a bitch!

[TheCrazyplaying]

When he explained how his dad told his mom he was going out to buy cigarettes and never came back, all I could think about was the George Lopez show. Remember how Many told Benny he was going out to get smokes and never came back when George was a baby. Anyways, King is a great writer.

[siameesewhite]

05:00 so true.

[SuperDino700]

the dog is cute

[11000111000]

@fullcircle yeah i noticed that too oh well more people know stephen king anyway. So apparently wierd is ok anonymous lady

[farooqmm1987]

@11000111000 interesting man. lol you can tell this video has been taken off a vhs tape judging by the quality.

[SecretWindoww]

So if you like horror movies, then that automatically makes you insane...?

[Lainehh]

I don't really like the interviewer

[Cosiism]

The lack of research done and total disregard towards the guest is visible by the redundant questions. Being the humble genius that King is, he never made the interviewer feel awkward by pointing out her inadequacy. Despite the fact that the interviewer clearly made up her mind about the author, King managed to make her laugh, bringing out her more generous nature. Jane Austen indeed...

[RyanTGriffin]

Hey he sang "Stand By Me" =)

[FullCircleStories]

The reporter seemed intent on implying and getting them to admit they were "weird" and needed to see a psychiatrist. Did anyone else pick this up? "Have you seen a psych" she asks, then at 3:59 she's shocked when Tabitha says she doesn't find the characters weird. 4:20 another example.

[roirraWedorehT]

@FullCircleStories I never noticed.

[CastleRockFan]

@FullCircleStories Her and every other interviewer he's ever sat down with.

[FullCircleStories]

@CastleRockFan Doesn't make sense. Why can't a perfectly normal person write really good horror? It seems like a completely ridiculous thing to say, to say that you must be as twisted as your works, that's absurd.

[FriedEggsWithChips]

@FullCircleStories I know what you mean. When she asks King at 0:50 if he's ever gone to a psychiatrist... her body language seems to imply that she believes that he should. She's also got a really patronising tone.

[butt17sex]

Oh man... right before watching this, I watched Oprah interview Stephenie Meyer, and it's amazing how much more interesting Stephen King is, not just as a writer, but as a human being.

[HannahBana]

1) I love Tabitha King, and I love the high regard Stephen has for her.

2) Lesley Stahl is a terrible interviewer.

[Isotec1]

In the interview it is said they have three kids,I believe later on they had their fourth child.

[GamerGirlWithGlasses]

He is such an inspiration ^_^

[3233legacy]

just finished 11/22/63. amazing! write on King Stephen!

[couscouswoman]

Stephen King, John Steinbeck, Abraham Lincoln, and Woody Guthrie are the most beautiful flowers in the American garden. Stephen is not just a good writer; he is also a good person. God bless him.

[butt17sex]

@couscouswoman You forgot Hunter S. Thompson.

[joesoap81]

@couscouswoman

There is a lot of dog shit in the Garden also.

[TheCGIMaster]

@couscouswoman

Well then I guess Stephen is the Blood Red Rose xD

[14597ojai]

@couscouswoman well said :)

[kikomiko1]

Pretty crazy that Columbine only happened two years after this. 

[iDraw3G]

I'm sorry, but Tabitha King is the ugliest person I've ever seen in my life, and I'm not joking.

[slister45]

@iDraw3G That's kind of harsh. She's no beauty queen, but looks aren't everything. She seems intelligent and pleasant, and I believe she and Steve have a very solid marriage. Keep in mind, he is not famous for his looks either. It would be interesting to see what their children look like.

[TheNovelAmateur]

@slister45 I personally believe they both got much more attractive with age.

[evelynjean1956]

@iDraw3G Funny, I belive she is beautiful. She is Mr. Kings Mrs. King. What we think is not relevent!

[roirraWedorehT]

@CheddarBob39 I liked your comment before you removed it.  :)

[ldchappell1]

I can't believe it's all ready been fourteen years since this aired on 60 minutes. I remember watching it. I especially remember the part about the Asian restaurant and the reference to the novel It. I have often wondered the truth of King's writing output. In 1993 I calculated he had something like 9 million words in print up to that point. (Average novel is 325,000 words) It has to be double that (or even more) at this point. I'm halfway through 11/22/63 now.

[verweejerome]

getting older and older as everybody as nice ...the ultimate nightmare !!!!!!!! my new book???:"older & older" published as stephen king just to pump up the best seller...come on money get back in my deepest & bottomless wallet as nice.....

[MyBarbaricYAWP22]

He's so loony but so awesome!!

[farneyblakeley]

Anna Karenina is the only novel I've read by either of those authors myself

[galo15551]

19!!!!!

[eveningtsar]

I find the interviewer intensely irritating.

[stingme88x]

i tired cutting out like every 30 seconds.. but couldn't stop watching!.. i saw the whole thing >.>

[MusicThatDoesNotSuck]

12:25 That patrol boy is in the neighborhood and is asking questions.

[ancifiregigibow]

Tabitha, you lucky lady!

[Dan2000]

@AntiFaithNY I didn't notice that - You're right. From what I can read, the opening line was changed a little. Here it's "I've got a new job now. A good job." The published version is: "I've got a good job now, and no reason to feel glum."

[yadnom1000]

The interviewer sounded like she changed a lot of things in there

[XxtreborobertxX]

"Alot of me is 19" is such an amazing awnser! Even then it was important.

[xInlovewithTH]

He is one of my favorite artists ever! So damn genius!!

[BggProductions]

4:55 Henry Bowers

*shudder*

[ian09271]

@BggProductions Holy crap it is.

[moredubfanks]

''13'' minutes..

[crazymofoen]

Stephen King is awesome, he writes the best books and seems like such a nice guy too.

[roirraWedorehT]

@AntiFaithNY Thanks, AntiFaithNY for the info!

[74candygirl]

He seems like such a nice guy! Thanks so much for uploading this!

[roirraWedorehT]

@74candygirl You're very welcome!

[16kynewell]

We have this interview in a literature book at school

[hartnell]

fascinating, thanks for uploading. Stephen King is my favourite writer and inspiration.If he is the Big Mac and fries of writing then I never want steak.

[roirraWedorehT]

@hartnell You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

[butt17sex]

@hartnell The steak is a lie.

[Isotec1]

many people said his wife is a better writer than him

[TheCrazyplaying]

@Isotec1 I've read lots of Stephen King and read half of a Tabatha King book, I like Stephen King's style better.

[TheBookWorm1718]

4:46 That's a good point, I never thought of that.

[codename617]

Hooly CRap!! I didnlt he types on a computer now! Most veteran writers are use to typewriters. I'd like to meet the literary equivilant of a big mac and fries, but i won't camp outide his house like a twihard. Im crazy not insnae xD.

[roirraWedorehT]

@codename617 LOL!

[Fmaack]

Wasn't there another part where they discussed his drug addiction?

[roirraWedorehT]

@Fmaack

If they talked to him on another episode, I'm unaware of it, but this was the complete interview on that episode.

[BookWorm5510]

"It" is the single best book I've ever read in my life.

[josiahmorgan11]

The critics are wrong.

[MegaJiol]

according to oneof my freinds i'm the new Stephen King i doubt it with all my heart

[IAmYourFajah]

Why is the moron interviewer trying to make him look like there's something wrong with him? With the 'trust me, not like everyone.......' bullcraps

[timba11]

This interviewer is an F'n idiot. He's a storyteller, moron. Don't take it so serious. She is a perfect example of someone who had no imagination, confirmed by her repetitive, insecure questions insinuating that he must be insane, all a product of her inability to understand a craft that she could never hope to understand.

[Redtsar999]

HP Lovecraft-Stephen King

[MsTommyknocker]

He's a fake. Why hasn't he read Jane Austen or Tolstoy??

[Wampaa]

@MsTommyknocker There are literally hundreds of so called literary classics; no one has read them all, and why should they? I’m a writer and have read many classics. It doesn’t make me a fake if I haven’t read everything.

[nirvanak1234]

@MsTommyknocker How does that make him fake?

[MsTommyknocker]

I just think that a serious writer should know their classics. And it's kinda stupid of him to say that he is the Big Mac and fries of literature, that's like insulting your readers

[nirvanak1234]

@MsTommyknocker I understand what you are saying, I agree with the Big Mac comment it makes him look cheep. As for the classics all I can really say is that people have different tastes in books maybe classics just bore him. The one thing I don't understand is the context of how you use the word fake.

[Elliottc26]

@MsTommyknocker Literature and Popular Literature are two different animals. One talks about social issues (American Dream and Feminism), and the popular one tries to entertain and scare you, or thrill you, at least make you feel something. One is for the mind, and the other is for your feelings. Stephen King has a Degree in English, i am sure he knows his classics.

[DiaconuEmilian]

i'm wondering if his father wanted to left his family or something happened to him that night...

[amaxamon]

Jane Austen ain't no "great novelists." It's Victorian Chick-Lit. Tolstoy's another matter, that's truly great writing.

[AGuyInAHat]

I'm the Literary Equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries

BEST... QUOTE... EVER...

[roirraWedorehT]

@AGuyInAHat

I love it, too!

@gerry1976, I'm one of them!!!!

[stronghorse22]

@AGuyInAHat The irony is that King does not seem to realize that he is in fact a genius. He is a very modest, self-effacing man. Literary equivalent of a meal cooked by the world's greatest chef more like.

[gerry1976]

There is a lot of weird people in this world?

Answer: Yes there is.

[michaelkazich]

19, dark tower reference hehe

[jedimaster303]

A great interview.

[roirraWedorehT]

@jedimaster303,

Thanks!

[donniedarkodevotte]

Thanks for uploading this interview. I remember seeing it when it first aired. Awesome to see it again. I just finished Under The Dome a few days ago and was disappointed. Too many villains and the "good guys" were extremely stupid. They either kept getting themselves killed or arrested because they approached the main bad guy and threatened him by themselves. One after the other. God, it pissed me off so bad.

[roirraWedorehT]

@donniedarkodevotte,

You're welcome! Sorry to hear that one wasn't good.

[IDoNotBlameYou]

1:55 THAT's the real Stephen King! I love that.

[thepieisready]

This should have more views

[Aaronc7775]

I found out 1 week ago

[Aaronc7775]

OMG that's so frickin weird!! So am I! I swear! Lol I found out I'm related to this Guy!

[BrOkEnCyDebitchh]

Apparently, im related to this guy threw marriage x_x

[Caladors]

Thanks for uploading this, this is great a real gem that may have been lost to time if you didn't upload it.

[roirraWedorehT]

@Caladors

You're welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[fanbrazil11]

Hey, he's writing the short story "Everything's Eventual" at 1:30!!! Damn. That's one of my favorites! :))))

[ZachClooney]

"60 minutes"? Where are the other 47 mins? (Thanks for uploading this bit anyway.)

[roirraWedorehT]

@ZachClooney

LOL, the interview is from a weekly news series called "60 Minutes".

[ZachClooney]

@roirraWedorehT So, is this it? In a '60 Minutes' programme, they just had this 13 minute segement with Stephen King, and moved on to something else? (It is still great to have this footage anyway. I just love listening to him talk!)

[roirraWedorehT]

@ZachClooney

Yeah, I guess I should change the title, and I think I understand one or two other previous comments now. What do you think of "13 Minute Interview with Stephen King on February 16th, 1997 on the program '60 Minutes'"? I was trying to keep the title simple and shorter but I might not be able to do that with this one. At the end of every segment on "60 Minutes" they show that stopwatch ticking, so that's how you can tell it truly was the end.

Sorry about the confusion!

[ZachClooney]

@roirraWedorehT This is better despite it sounding pedantic! Thank you for improving the title. I have never lived in USA. So, when I see "60 Minutes", I expect sixty minutes! I knew that 60 minutes of a Stephen King interview was too good to be true! However, as I said before, thank you so much for uploading this interview.

[roirraWedorehT]

@ZachClooney

You're very welcome!

[Alexm799]

Interesting clip, not seen it before. I had to laugh at the bomb consisting of paper clips and erasers haha!

[roirraWedorehT]

@1KuromiStarship

LOL!

[subseeker]

I've read a lot in my past and I'm sad to say that most of it has been horror and fiction. Like "Silence of the Lambs". "True Crime" by Andrew Klavan. Stuff like that. So you see I'm not very proud of what I've read... But in the last ten years (or so) I've been reading tons of stories based on true events, biographies and... King. Can't get writ of him! :-)

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

Well the number of authors I've read is actually pretty slim, I think. I concentrated on Isaac Asimov for most of my life, and a fair amount of Douglas Adams. The very first "adult" book I read as a child (shortly after seeing it on TV) was The Lindbergh Kindnapping, and I am somewhat facinated by true crime or even just true life material (ironically), although mostly through movies or TV. I have one John Walsh "No Mercy" and I read a book by one of the FBI's first profilers.

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

in the last five years I read over 20 of Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction, most of which were "Sharpe's..." but my (and apparently Bernard's) favorites were the ones about Arthur in Britain. Fascinating, even if most of it is creative due to how little is actual fact.

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

Oh! How can I forget. I've read a fair amount of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., thanks to my brother Andre starting in the early 1980s, who is a huge collector of everything KV ever wrote or spoke.

[890slay]

Would you upload the rest of the interview, man? Thank you, anyway.

[roirraWedorehT]

@890slay

This was the whole interview as far as I knew, this is what I had recorded on video tape. Doesn't it seem complete?

[890slay]

@roirraWedorehT It is probably the whole interview, I don't know, but after you say I'll assume it as so. Thank you for your quick response!

[roirraWedorehT]

@890slay

You're welcome! That's how they do interviews on 60 minutes, they kind of end abrupt - the key is them showing the ticking clock again at the very end of the video. Thanks for watching!

[roirraWedorehT]

@890slay

Yeah, just verified, that was the whole interview. That's how it ended.

[subseeker]

So crappy quality, is there a better one somewhere?

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

Gee, you're welcome. I think it's pretty darn good for a 14 year old VHS video tape recording.

[subseeker]

@roirraWedorehT Pretty darn good? Where do you come from? Ukrain? :-) I have loads of TV recordings in a basement from the 80's and they all look better than this... Thanks anyways! And I didn't mean to offend you in any way, or hurt your feelings... I just wanted to watch this particular one with a slightly better quality.

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker When you use the word "crappy" with someone you've never dealt with before across the internet where it's so easy to misinterpret people's intentions, it's very easily taken to be offensive. If you can find this interview in better quality, please do watch it.

[subseeker]

@roirraWedorehT True and I am sorry. Apologies for my bad tongue. Sometimes it... just gets loose... :-(

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

No sweat, I'm glad we got through it.  :)

[roirraWedorehT]

I guess one complaint out of over 1500 views is acceptable. :D

[subseeker]

@roirraWedorehT And I liked it anyways, so thanks :-)

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

You're welcome! Now we can be friends. :D

[subseeker]

@roirraWedorehT :-) By the way, can't wait for the upcoming novel...

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker

I actually haven't followed Stephen King for a while now, the most recent I had read were "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" and "Desperation", and "Insomnia" before them. Just haven't had as much time to read. :(

[subseeker]

@roirraWedorehT Yeah, that's the way it goes I guess... I've been trying to catch up on him too, but sometimes it takes like two months to read one novel! That's not reading, is it? Well, I'm trying my best. And of course, when you start to gather some mileage on your meters, it ain't easier than it was yesterday. Gladly, King has grown too with his novels, he's not as superstitious as he use to be, he's more... Vibrant? Dunno how to put it, but I like the context a lot these days. Except "Cell"

[roirraWedorehT]

@subseeker Yep, his books are LONG. My wife (passed now) was the one who got me into actually reading his books, I ignored him before I met her 20 years ago. I didn't have electricity for a while and I read his "Skeleton Crew" and Bram Stoker's "Dracula" by candlelight!!! Very creepy.

Who else do you or have you read? I read "The Mothman Prophecies" by John Keel a few years ago, although I liked the movie the book was a completely different animal, and I loved it. VERY interesting.

[allxtar]

lol he writes very slow xD

[timopdrumz]

wow, did they have 3d in 1997?



[EvanQuade1]

Stephen King will always be the world's favorite novelist.

[razorRmc321]

He looks really healthy here

[Bremahhah]

mrs. king is hhhotttt

[DoctorWho1983]

I can understand why he decide to take RAGE out of print, but he shouldn't regret writing it, it really is an awesome story

[TumisHumis]

@DoctorWho1983 I don't think he regrets it.