The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

At least I can write.

I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.

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.

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.

Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.

I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.