My life as an author has always been about brilliant, odd people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm always interested in talented or odd people, and my whole life I've written about geniuses who society has treated badly and they strike back - or not.
There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.
I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
One thing that's really delightful is my books tend to attract people who are funny, so I get the benefit of people writing me with things that crack me up.
What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.
I was just delighted to be a legitimate, for-real published author.
I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write about.
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.
Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
Authors are ordinary people who usually start to live apart, in the imagination, because they don't fit in with normal, healthy people.