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" A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning. "

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" Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying. "

" I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series. "

" I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life. "

" When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous. "

" I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college. "

" I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it's always on and it's a real distraction. It's a major distraction. "

" Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. "

" If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline. "

" I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips. "

" Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown. "

" Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising. "

" I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself. "

" Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. "

" I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams. "

" Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that. "

" I really wanted to be a cartoonist, and I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would bring my drawings in, and I'd look around, and everyone could draw better than me. Everyone. My drawings were just awful. So that's why I had to write. "

" I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now. "

" I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid! "

" Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age. "

" I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World. "

" Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter. "

" When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it. "

" I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which is very scary to them right now. "

" I have a great office. "

" When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books. "

" I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that! "

" After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York. "

" I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block. "

" It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them. "

" Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special. "