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" 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. "
R. L. Stine
Scary
Feelings
Think
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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Bring
" I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.' "
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" I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary. "
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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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" Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising. "
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" A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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Kind
Way
" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I feel happy to terrify kids. "
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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 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. "
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" I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself. "
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Myself
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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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" After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York. "
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" I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams. "
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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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" 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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