UStephen King uthole ukuqashelwa ngokungafanele njengeNkosi Yezethusayo, futhi okungenani iningi lezindaba zakhe namanoveli zingaphezu nje kwezindaba ezesabekayo, abaningi abazi ukuthi umbhali uyakwazi ukudala okuthile okuhle nokunethemba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wake kwenzeka nokuthi wahlangana nendoda eyayingakholelwa ukuthi uFrank Darabont wasuselwa ku- "shop eShushenka" Frank Darabontta.
Ngolunye usuku INkosi yaba yisimenywa se-BBC HardTalk News Show, lapho asho khona ukuthi ukwethuka kwemisebenzi yakhe akakaze afike ezigcawini zobudlova negazi, futhi ngasikhathi sinye atshele le ndaba, agcizelele ukuthi abantu abayizitampu bangaba kanjani Umbono wabantu. Ngokusho kombhali, ngolunye usuku wahlangana nowesifazane emgwaqweni, owambona wathi:
"Ngiyazi ukuthi ungubani! UyiNkosi yaseStefanu! Ubhala zonke lezi zinto ezimbi. Futhi lokhu kujwayelekile. Konke kuhamba kahle. Kepha ngiyakuthanda lokho okuvusa imizwa, ngokwesibonelo, ifilimu "ibalekela emshadweni". Umlobi wabe esenqaba ukuthi wadala le ndaba, kodwa akazange akholwe.
Vele, iKing futhi yize enikeza izinhlamvu eziningi ezinyantisayo (okune-penivez okungenani kusuka "kuso"!), Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, izincwadi ezingalibaleki zikwenzayo ezingokwamaqhawe. Umbhali uyazi ukuthi angawakha kanjani ubukhona bobukhona namandla okuzwelana nokuzwelana, futhi enhliziyweni yezindawo zakhe akusisifiso esilula sokwesabisa umuntu.