R. L. Stine Quotes
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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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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.
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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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I have a great office.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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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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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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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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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.
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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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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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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 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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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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A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
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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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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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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 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 should be concentrating on writing pages.
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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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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.