Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.

I feel happy to terrify kids.

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.

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

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

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.