As God Is My Witness....I will never do this

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Christine62

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I saw this and it just made me sad. I will never ask Mr. King for his autograph. I mean really what is that anyway. It's just his name...over and over. Like a horse putting his hoof down. Of all the things you could wish Stephen King to write for you---and all the tremendous, glorious stories he has written for you and you want his hoof print. He was great about it though--just working away, sign sign, sign. Am I off base here?

 
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Christine62 said:
I saw this and it just made me sad. I will never ask Mr. King for his autograph. I mean really what is that anyway. It's just his name...over and over. Like a horse putting his hoof down. Of all the things you could wish Stephen King to write for you---and all the tremendous, glorious stories he has written for you and you want his hoof print. He was great about it though--just working away, sign sign, sign. Am I off base here?

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I also won't do that to him. I look forward to hopefully one day shaking his hand after he signs a book for me. That's all I'd ever ask of him.
 
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kingricefan

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VultureLvr45 said:
He seemed to handle it pretty gracefully though. People shoving things at him to sign...its gotta suck. He can't go to dinner, or the can without someone wanting his signature.
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He can come to my house and have cheesecake and tea. He won't have to sign anything and we could just shoot the sh.........er, breeze.
 
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That saddens my heart and soul. He gives so much to us in his writings. Bad enough to push and shove a book in face but to also "ask" that it be signed on a certain page. Wonder how many show up on ebay? What grace and kindness he still shows to all those demands. A signed SK book is a treasure, but not at the cost of his ability to just be.
 
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I haven't really understood autographs. And yet having said that, I had an author once put a very nice note in a book of his that he signed for me, and it was just really special. But it wasn't part of an assembly line. "He doesn't know me, and he won't remember me, but he signed his name to this. Ain't it cool?"

And having said that, at this point in my own writing, I'd love to be faced with the problem of having to sign my work for paying customers. It's like I heard Tony Shaloud (what a good-natured guy) say in an interview, to the effect of, "At my age, I'm not worried about being typecast. I'm worried about being cast." But I realize, too, that after the first few tens of thousands (as if), I might have a change of heart.
 
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He's a kind man, and likely very used to that reaction from people. I can't say that I'd reject an autograph from him, at a scheduled book signing or a like event, but I can say with certainty that I'd not bother him otherwise. I had my chance a few years ago--probably during the production of The Stand, now that I think of it, so 20 years or so ago (good lord, I'm old!). BH and I were eating at some little place and Mr. King and guest were seated next to us. I got so flustered that BH couldn't eat for laughing at me :p Even then, I was never even tempted to bother him. The guy deserved to eat his lunch and have his conversation in peace.
 
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skimom2 said:
He's a kind man, and likely very used to that reaction from people. I can't say that I'd reject an autograph from him, at a scheduled book signing or a like event, but I can say with certainty that I'd not bother him otherwise. I had my chance a few years ago--probably during the production of The Stand, now that I think of it, so 20 years or so ago (good lord, I'm old!). BH and I were eating at some little place and Mr. King and guest were seated next to us. I got so flustered that BH couldn't eat for laughing at me :p Even then, I was never even tempted to bother him. The guy deserved to eat his lunch and have his conversation in peace.
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Wow!!! I honestly don't know WHAT i'd do in that situation! I think i'd get a napkin, and write "thank you" on it and just leave it on his table when I left.
 
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mustangclaire said:
Wow!!! I honestly don't know WHAT i'd do in that situation! I think i'd get a napkin, and write "thank you" on it and just leave it on his table when I left.
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I think it's a Western thing--raised with a deep horror of making a fuss in public or bothering people who are just trying to live their lives. Maybe that's why so many celebrities have vacation homes in this area; they can get out and do normal things without being accosted (lol)
 
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