Zitat des Tages von R. L. Stine:
I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
I feel happy to terrify kids.
I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.
When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous.
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 started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.
Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.
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.
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.
I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.
Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.
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.
I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which is very scary to them right now.
I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.
I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.
I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
I really wanted to be a cartoonist, and I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would bring my drawings in, and I'd look around, and everyone could draw better than me. Everyone. My drawings were just awful. So that's why I had to write.
I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.
I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'
