I agree, I just wish he’d stay out of politics. He surprised me with some of his remarks, because Roland and a lot of his characters have a more conservative flavor.
The first book I read by King was Salem’s Lot. It was around 2:00 am when I was reading the part where the women and the boy were opening the cellar door to drive a stake in the heart of the vampire. They opened the coffin and it was empty. The cellar door was flung open, and there was the vampire.
At the exact same second when I was gripping the book as I got to the part where the cellar door opened, a cat fight erupted on my front porch, and a cat tried to jump through my picture window.
I jumped up and yelled (or screamed) and the dog was going nuts, woke my wife and she was ready to call 911. Ha!
Ah that is great stuff! There is nothing better than a good book that really outs you on edge like that.