I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.

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 haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.

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

When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.

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 they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!