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" I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles. "

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" I feel happy to terrify kids. "

" 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. "

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

" I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.' "

" 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 should be concentrating on writing pages. "

" 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. "

" At least I can write. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary. "

" 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. "

" I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a great office. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "