Well, I hate it when authors come into a school and they say to kids, 'Write from your heart, only write what you know, and write from your heart.' I hate that because it's useless. I've written over 300 books - not one was written from my heart. Not one. They were all written for an audience, they were all written to entertain a certain audience.

I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.

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

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.

I should be concentrating on writing pages.

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

You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.