Just like many his age, he's afraid of losing control. "I think that what really scares me is, you know, starting to strip my gears a little bit - Alzheimer's, dementia, things like that. "Guys like me, guys who are actors, writers, sculptors, painters, we live by our wits - comedians," he said. It's a reputation that often has fans wondering what terrifies the horror fiction author.Īlthough he said he doesn't like spiders or bats, at 67, King's real-world fears aren't that fantastical. I respect you, but I don't read things like that.' And I said, 'Well, ma'am, I wrote "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand by Me,"' and she said, 'No, you didn't.'"Īnd the woman just walked right past him. You write those scary things, and that may be OK for some people. "And she looked at me and she said, 'I know who you are. "I was in the grocery store down in Florida, and I came around the corner of the aisle, and there was this elderly woman who was pushing her cart," he said.
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