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

At least I can write.

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

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.

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.

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

I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.