American - Writer | October 8, 1943 -
I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
R. L. Stine
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I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.
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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.
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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.
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Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.
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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.
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I feel happy to terrify kids.
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