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" 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! "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" At least I can write. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "