Neil Gaiman Interviews Stephen King

I interviewed Stephen King for the UK Sunday Times Magazine. The interview appeared a few weeks ago. The Times keeps its site paywalled, so I thought I’d post the original version of the interview here. (This is the raw copy, and it’s somewhat longer than the interview as published.)

I don’t do much journalism any more, and this was mostly an excuse to drive across Florida back in February and spend a day with some very nice people I do not get to see enough.

I hope you enjoy it.

INTERVIEW CONTINUED

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Reconstructing Destruction

Art is a beauty while war is a duty. For war gives a shrewd excuse for destruction, while on the other hand, art helps in prevailing sanity with its creative and comforting power. If men can create terrifying weapons, one can really imagine man’s intelligence to make a creative use of destructive weapons. Weapons cannot beget aesthetics, or can they? Can something that is made to draw life become the life of your living room? Have a look at “Warcraft” being turned into “Handicraft.”