![]() ![]() He is telling a story about man’s inhumanity to man, but he underlined the tragedy with absurdity. I was also deeply influenced by Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. ![]() I love his twisted sense of humor, as well as the love he has for his characters, even the angry, destructive ones. I see his fingerprints all over Brutal Youth. You just have to make it convincing.ĭF: Who were some of your early influences?ĪB: King, obviously, was a huge influence. But when you write, anything is possible. Your day-to-day life isn’t really your own. When you’re a kid, everybody tells you what to do. I wanted to write scary stories like Stephen King, so I set about filling spiral-bound notebooks with ghost stories and monster tales. A stupid book? Well …that ratty paperback, which I still have on my desk shelf, was terrifying, shocking, and surprisingly beautiful in its emotion. How about if I buy you the book?” I was bummed beyond belief. ![]() Daniel Ford: When did you decide you wanted to be a writer?Īnthony Breznican: When I was 12 years old, I tried to talk every adult I knew into taking me to see a horror movie called "Pet Sematary." My grandmother, who was always encouraging me to read more, said, “You know, that’s based on a book by a guy named Stephen King. ![]()
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