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!

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

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 feel happy to terrify kids.

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