Explore Quotes by R. L. Stine

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.

I have a great office.

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

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 always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.

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

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

I should be concentrating on writing pages.

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

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

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 home!

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!

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