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" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Work
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Week
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning. "
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" Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. "
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" I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams. "
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" I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now. "
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" Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown. "
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" I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college. "
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" I feel happy to terrify kids. "
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" I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary. "
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" I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World. "
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" At least I can write. "
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" 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. "
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" I have a great office. "
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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 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that. "
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" 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. "
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" I should be concentrating on writing pages. "
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" After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York. "
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" I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.' "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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