R. L. Stine

I have a great office.

— R. L. Stine

At least I can write.

— R. L. Stine

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

— R. L. Stine

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

— R. L. Stine

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine

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

— R. L. Stine

I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.

— R. L. Stine

I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.

— R. L. Stine

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.

— R. L. Stine

I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.

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People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven…

— R. L. Stine

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

— R. L. Stine

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

— R. L. Stine

You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.

— R. L. Stine

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

— R. L. Stine

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try…

— R. L. Stine

“people don't realize that you have to take care of snow domes and keep them clean and filled with water or they'll…

— R. L. Stine

So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to…

— R. L. Stine

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they…

— R. L. Stine

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound…

— R. L. Stine

I read everywhere. I read every day. I read on the couch with my dog in the afternoon and at night. I…

— R. L. Stine

When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary…

— R. L. Stine

I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the…

— R. L. Stine

Well, I hate it when authors come into a school and they say to kids, 'Write from your heart, only write what…

— R. L. Stine

Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I…

— R. L. Stine

I've killed hundreds of teenagers. Hundreds. And I didn't know why. Why did I enjoy doing it so much? Why? And then…

— R. L. Stine

I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on…

— R. L. Stine

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many…

— R. L. Stine

I feel happy to terrify kids.

— R. L. Stine

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

— R. L. Stine

I should be concentrating on writing pages.

— R. L. Stine

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

— R. L. Stine

After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.

— R. L. Stine

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

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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

— R. L. Stine

I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.

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

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

— R. L. Stine

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

— R. L. Stine

When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy.…

— R. L. Stine