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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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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 like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

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

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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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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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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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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.

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I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

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One thing I really want to do is - I spent ten years in New York doing theater before I moved to L.A. to do TV and film. I'd really like to go to back New York and do some theater.

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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.

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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.

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In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.

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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.
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My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.

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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.

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We've seen that there are a lot of people out there - teenagers in Topeka, housewives in Long Island, millionaire Internet start-up moguls - that all want to connect with each other about what it is to be human.

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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.

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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.

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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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My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I don't get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, I'm just a screwball all day long.

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I have a great office.

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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

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

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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

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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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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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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.

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I read everywhere. I read every day. I read on the couch with my dog in the afternoon and at night. I try to read at least two to three hours a day. I read only fiction.

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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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The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.

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I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

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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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I was a total dork in high school.

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A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy.

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

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You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.

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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.

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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.

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I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.

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