American - Writer | October 8, 1943 -
Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
R. L. Stine
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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.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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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.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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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 days a week.
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I have a great office.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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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.
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I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.
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