Days before Halloween in 1979, Dallas Morning News reporter Judy Williamson met famed author Stephen King at Dallas Love Field. It is one of the few interviews he has ever granted.

King met her on a layover while promoting his fifth book, The Dead Zone.

What Judy learned was more shocking than the plot twists in his scary novels.

King directly and indirectly suggests that four charms are necessary for a successful career and, believe it or not, a cheery life.