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" After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York. "
R. L. Stine
Years
New
Love
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" At least I can write. "
R. L. Stine
Least
I Can
Write
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Real
Think
Detail
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Kid
Fabulous
Thought
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Believe
Day
Every Day
" I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles. "
R. L. Stine
After
Drive
Lot
" Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. "
R. L. Stine
Take
Book
Spend
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Think
Feel
Good
" If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. "
R. L. Stine
Worry
Want
Up
" Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. "
R. L. Stine
Read
Book
Books
" Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising. "
R. L. Stine
Happened
Me
Everything
" Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special. "
R. L. Stine
Bar Mitzvah
Well
Bar
" I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real. "
R. L. Stine
Theme
Real
Go
" I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams. "
R. L. Stine
Boring
Story
Never
" I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college. "
R. L. Stine
Right
College
Lived
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Dark
Age
Waiting
" I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that! "
R. L. Stine
Too
Kind
Way
" I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary. "
R. L. Stine
Scary
Planned
Never
" I read everywhere. I read every day. I read on the couch with my dog in the afternoon and at night. I try to read at least two to three hours a day. I read only fiction. "
R. L. Stine
Every Day
Night
Three
" I should be concentrating on writing pages. "
R. L. Stine
Pages
Concentrating
Should
" Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown. "
R. L. Stine
Clown
Making
Trouble
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Culture
You
Man
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Old
Weird
Writing
" So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience. "
R. L. Stine
Listen
Write
Us
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Start
Chapter
Enough
" It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success. "
R. L. Stine
Children
People
She
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Personality
Writer
Way
" I have a great office. "
R. L. Stine
Great
Office
" I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning. "
R. L. Stine
Morning
Good
Sunday
" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Stay
Love
Touch
" A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning. "
R. L. Stine
Morning
New
Garbage