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

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

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.

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.

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.

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.