Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.

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.

Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

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

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

I feel happy to terrify kids.

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.