It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

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've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.

I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

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.