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

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" 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. "

" 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 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! "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 should be concentrating on writing pages. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 have a great office. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" I feel happy to terrify kids. "

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

" At least I can write. "