Stephen King is not only declining to vote for this years Academy Awards nominees, but he doesn’t believe that the ceremony should happen.

Hollywood has spent the last week figuring out how to properly operate amid the on-going devastation of the fires in Los Angeles, and one consequence of the horrific natural disaster has been delays in award season: in light of the tragedy,

The master of horror, whose books have been adapted into award-winning films, also confirmed that he won't be voting in this year's nominations.