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Owen King Quotes

American - Author | February 21, 1977 -

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.

King Disappointment Present Want Big

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.

Good Writing Thought Enough Athlete

I'm a very liberal person.

Person Liberal 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.

Son King Book Accomplishment Worth

I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad.

People Writing Write Ask Miners

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.

Father Think Someone Doing Look Own

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.

Alone Time Writing Serious My Own

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.

Son Childhood Red Someone You House

The questions about my father are inevitable, regardless of the characters I create or the subject matter.

Father Questions Create Inevitable

I was pretty naive about how hard it would be to get out from under the family name. Not that I'm complaining.

Family Name Complaining Hard Naive

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.

Me Easy I Can More Write Natural

My father has been a major force in the popular culture for a long, long time. He's a fascinating person.

Father Time Culture Long Person He

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