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

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

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

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!

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 feel happy to terrify kids.