I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.

You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by.

We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. NEVER.

Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.

People don't always get what they deserve in this world.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was set in a high school, had an idea that I might write something for children.