Quotes by R. L. Stine

About R. L. Stine:

Robert Lawrence Stine is an American writer and producer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The Nightmare Room series. Some of his other works include a Space Cadets trilogy, two Hark gamebooks, and dozens of joke books. R. L. Stine's books have sold over 400 million copies as of 2008.
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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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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

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I feel happy to terrify kids.

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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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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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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 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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I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles.

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I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it's always on and it's a real distraction. It's a major distraction.

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Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

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At least I can write.

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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 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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Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameR. L. Stine
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and producer
  • AliasesRobert Lawrence Stine; Jovial Bob Stine
  • BornOctober 8, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Screenwriter; Editor-in-chief; Children's Writer