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

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

Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.

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.

Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.

I feel happy to terrify kids.

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.

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

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

Who is more irrational, the guy who believes in a God he can't see, or a guy who's offended by a God he doesn't believe in?

I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?

Change occurs on a continuum and does not move in a straight line.

Contention in our families drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also drives many of our family members away. Contention ranges from a hostile spoken word to worldwide conflicts.

A cow's heaven is a flower's idea of hell.

For some must watch while some must sleep thus runs the world away.

I am so glad I was writing while on my last book tour, which was really meta, but I think a fascinating look inside the reality of what that whole madness is about.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.

I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.

It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.

I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.

The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.