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..

At least I can write..

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it..

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

You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary..

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and….

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..

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

Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think the main reason I ca….

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….

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

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning..

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

Well, I hate it when authors come into a school and they say to kids, 'Write from your heart, only write what you know, and write from your heart.' I….

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

I've killed hundreds of teenagers. Hundreds. And I didn't know why. Why did I enjoy doing it so much? Why? And then I realized - I had a teenager at ….

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 s….

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

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