I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.

The rules are very strict.

You look back on some little decision you made and realize all the things that happened because of it, and you think to yourself "if only I'd known," but, of course, you couldn't have known.

I was terrified of funerals.

The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.

I still have this deep-down fear that if I go poking into the bushes I might find a dead body.