कहानी खुद चलकर आपके पास आती है; ऐसा नहीं है कि आप उसे खुद चुनते हैं। इस पर आपका कोई वश नहीं चलता।
A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.
A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.
संपादकों को हमेशा यह जानने की उत्सुकता रहती है कि आप किस पर काम कर रहे हैं, आपके दिमाग में क्या चल रहा है।
Editors always want to know what you're working on, what you're thinking about.
Editors always want to know what you're working on, what you're thinking about.
यहाँ, वहाँ और हर जगह—एक उलझन भरी पहेली।
here, there, and everywhere"-an opinionated riddle.
here, there, and everywhere"-an opinionated riddle.
अब मेरा मन भूतिया कहानियाँ लिखने का बिल्कुल नहीं करता।
I don't feel like writing any more ghost stories.
I don't feel like writing any more ghost stories.
मैंने कभी सोचा नहीं था कि मेरी उम्र के लोग भी मर सकते हैं, कत्ल होना तो दूर की बात है। 1955 में ऐसी चीज़ें नहीं होती थीं। उपनगर एक ऐसी सुरक्षित जगह हुआ करती थी जहाँ लोग अपने घरों में ताले तक नहीं लगाते थे।
I never thought that people my own age could die, let alone be murdered. Things like that didn't happen in 1955. The suburbs were a safe place, where nobody even locked their doors.
I never thought that people my own age could die, let alone be murdered. Things like that didn't happen in 1955. The suburbs were a safe place, where nobody even locked their doors.
मेरे दिल में आज भी यह गहरा डर बैठा हुआ है कि अगर मैंने झाड़ियों में टटोला, तो शायद मुझे कोई लाश मिल जाए।
I still have this deep-down fear that if I go poking into the bushes I might find a dead body.
I still have this deep-down fear that if I go poking into the bushes I might find a dead body.
मुझे लगता है कि लाशें ही हैं जो मुझे सचमुच डराती हैं।
I think it's dead bodies that really haunt me.
I think it's dead bodies that really haunt me.
मुझे लगता है कि आजकल लेखकों के संबंध संपादकों से ज़्यादा एजेंटों से होते हैं। और मेरा कोई एजेंट नहीं है।
I think more people now have relationships with agents than with editors. And I don't have an agent.
I think more people now have relationships with agents than with editors. And I don't have an agent.
मुझे लगता है कि स्टीफन किंग इस ब्रह्मांड के सबसे डरे हुए इंसान होंगे।
I think Stephen King must be the most terrified person in the universe.
I think Stephen King must be the most terrified person in the universe.
मैं इस नतीजे पर पहुँचा हूँ कि जब तक आप खुद आसानी से डरने वाले इंसान न हों, तब तक आप डरावनी किताबें लिख ही नहीं सकते।
I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.
I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.
मैं एक बुज़दिल था। और आज भी ऐसा ही बुज़दिल हूँ।
I was a coward. I'm still such a coward.
I was a coward. I'm still such a coward.
मुझे अंत्येष्टि (जनाज़े) से बहुत डर लगता था।
I was terrified of funerals.
I was terrified of funerals.
मेरी कामना थी कि जंजीरें टूट जाएं और हवा मुझे अपने साथ ऊपर, बहुत ऊपर, बादलों के पार, सूरज और चाँद के पार, किसी ऐसी जादुई दुनिया में ले जाए जहाँ कोई न बदले और दोस्त हमेशा के लिए दोस्त बने रहें।
I wished that the chains would break and the wind would sweep me up, up, up into the sky, beyond the clouds, beyond the sun and the moon, to some marvelous kingdom where no one ever changed and friends were friends for life.
I wished that the chains would break and the wind would sweep me up, up, up into the sky, beyond the clouds, beyond the sun and the moon, to some marvelous kingdom where no one ever changed and friends were friends for life.
अजीब है ना? आपको अपनी पैकी तारीख तो पता होती है, पर मौत की नहीं। जबकि आप साल-दर-साल उस तारीख को पार करते जाते हैं, बिना इस शक के कि किसी दिन...
Odd, isn't it? You know when your birthday is, but not your death day, even though you pass the date year after year, never suspecting that some day.
Odd, isn't it? You know when your birthday is, but not your death day, even though you pass the date year after year, never suspecting that some day.
शक करने के कई कारण हो सकते हैं।
There are a lot of reasons to doubt things.
There are a lot of reasons to doubt things.
नियम बेहद कड़े हैं।
The rules are very strict.
The rules are very strict.
पानी गहरा है, काला है और खतरनाक है
The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS
The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS
सब यही कहते हैं कि किशोरों को लगता है कि उनकी ज़िंदगी कभी खत्म नहीं होगी। इसके उलट, मुझे तो हर दिन, हर पल यही लगता था कि मेरी ज़िंदगी बस अब खत्म होने वाली है।
They always talk about teenagers thinking their lives will never end. I expected my life to end at any minute, every day.
They always talk about teenagers thinking their lives will never end. I expected my life to end at any minute, every day.
यह जानने के लिए कि डर क्या होता है, आपका खुद आसानी से डरने वाला होना ज़रूरी है।
You have to be easily scared to know what it's like to be scared.
You have to be easily scared to know what it's like to be scared.
जब आप अपने द्वारा लिए गए किसी छोटे से फैसले को मुड़कर देखते हैं और उसके चलते हुई तमाम घटनाओं को समझते हैं, तो मन में आता है—"काश मुझे पता होता!"—पर ज़ाहिर है, आपको तब कुछ पता नहीं हो सकता था।
You look back on some little decision you made and realize all the things that happened because of it, and you think to yourself "if only I'd known," but, of course, you couldn't have known.
You look back on some little decision you made and realize all the things that happened because of it, and you think to yourself "if only I'd known," but, of course, you couldn't have known.