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

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

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

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

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

" I should be concentrating on writing pages. "

" 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 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! "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I feel happy to terrify kids. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a great office. "

" At least I can write. "

" 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. "

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

" People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven days a week. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "