R. L. Stine Quotes & Sayings

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.”

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

“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.”

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

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