The questions about my father are inevitable, regardless of the characters I create or the subject matter. Owen King More Quotes by Owen King More Quotes From Owen King My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down time, and I got to drive tractor, so it was pretty good gig. I've also taught creative writing, dabbled in reviewing and journalism, and toiled as a screenwriter. Owen King drive job good time One corollary of the wretchedness of the second trilogy of 'Star Wars' films has been the final, demented sanctification of the first trilogy of films. Owen King final star first been I find that I'm extremely unattracted to anything that's humorless. There is writing that is entirely serious, and it doesn't ring true to me, because I think, oftentimes, life is very, very funny. Even the worst, most humiliating, savage disappointments in retrospect have elements of bleak humor. Owen King me humor life funny Steve Buscemi is the little black dress of cinema, appropriate for any occasion. Owen King dress little cinema black Just because it's physically impossible for Steve Buscemi to be in every movie doesn't mean he's not capable of dramatically improving them all. Owen King just-because just impossible mean Although it's depressing to admit this, more than a handful of post-'Donnie Brasco' Al Pacino roles would have been better served by Steve Buscemi. Owen King more better admit depressing I'd love to be able to draw or play guitar or dance. All three at the same time - that's the talent for me. Owen King me dance time love I suspect that perfect happiness is not possible for me. I suppose if I was ever selected for eternal life - the moment I was informed - that would bring me the closest. Owen King me moment happiness life My personal history is strewn with massive errors in judgment. They're all precious to me. Owen King precious personal me history The last thing I want to do is to present something as 'Stephen King, Part II,' and have it be something that's a big disappointment. Owen King king present disappointment want I wasn't good at the sciences; I wasn't a good enough athlete. The only thing I could do was mow lawns. So I thought that writing or teaching was what I wanted to do. Owen King thought good enough writing I'm a very liberal person. Owen King liberal person very I didn't want to write a book as Stephen King's son, because all I did was get born, and that's not much of an accomplishment. If that was the reason my book was published, it wouldn't be worth the paper it was printed on. I wanted to do my own thing. Owen King king my-own book son I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad. Owen King ask dad writing people I think the model that I look at is someone like Jakob Dylan, whose dad is obviously every bit if not more famous than mine. He's a guy who sought to build a career on his own, doing something that's a little bit different than what his father does. Owen King look think dad father I didn't really get serious about my own writing until I was convinced it was something that I wanted to do, that I wanted to spend that much time alone. Owen King alone my-own serious time I went to public schools in Bangor, Maine, and had as normal a childhood as you could imagine someone could, living in an enormous red house and being the son of a millionaire best-selling writer. I mean, I actually had a strangely normal childhood despite all that. Owen King you childhood red son I was pretty naive about how hard it would be to get out from under the family name. Not that I'm complaining. Owen King name hard family complaining It's not easy for me as a writer to suspend my disbelief in a fantastical zone. I can do it. But it's more natural for me to write stories that are comic. Or hopefully comic. Owen King more me i-can easy My father has been a major force in the popular culture for a long, long time. He's a fascinating person. Owen King time long culture father
