He was a drunk and then a junky. He lived in near isolation. He’s a pervert. Definitely a liberal. I don’t think he has the intellectual horsepower that he did before he began abusing substances. Books don’t pull in the cash like they used to, and he’s not cranking them out like he did in the old days. Most don’t read anymore, but they will carve out the time to watch a movie. Maybe it’s a back end deal. Free book rights, but if you make a movie with it, King gets a cut.