Stephen King. One of the most popular and commercially successful authors of the 20th century? A talented science fiction writer, the author of the Dark Tower series, which has not even a cult, but a mythical status? A poet, literary critic and publicist? All this - and much more? Who does Stephen King consider himself to be? How does he evaluate his enormous literary success? For what reasons does he plan to quit writing from time to time - or at least abandon the “horror” films that made him the idol of millions of readers around the world? Who can tell you about this better than the King of Horror himself?..