“I had an idea for the story, which by the way has been in my head for
about 20 years now, and all it was to begin with was an image of a boy
in a wheelchair flying a kite on a beach. And that picture was just as
clear in my mind as it could be. And it wanted to be a story, but it
wasn’t a story, it was just a picture. As clear as clear as clear…”
– Stephen King,
speaking to NPR’s Terry Gross
about his new novel, Joyland.
May 29, 2013