R. L. Stine

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

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!

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.