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

"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!"

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

"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."

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

"I feel happy to terrify kids."