R. L. Stine
Related CASSANDRA CLARE Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters... JEFF KINNEY JAMES HOWE It's funny: I don't know if she babysat, but I spent time with Judy Blume when I was little. DAVID GRANN Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI I was always a really big fan of R. L. Stine and the 'Goosebumps' T.V. series and the 'G... DYLAN MINNETTE NANCY GARDEN LORNA LUFT Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. ALISON BECHDEL Love, what you DO,
Respect, who DOES for you,
Appreciate, who DOES for others,
Salute, who DOES for ... PRITISH PATTANAIK For me, it's been a treat to interact with authors who were publishing when I was a young reader... CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH Dream your own dreams,KAYEC JONES I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane. MISSY ELLIOTT It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And t... STEVEN ADLER MICHAEL MORPURGO ANN HOOD ROXANE GAY She's 32, and she has three children. She loves to be pregnant but she doesn't want anymore ... CHERYL TIEGS We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting. RUPERT GRINT People think children's books are about teddy bears and little flowers. I realize people sometim... PETER SIS She tries to get a waitressing job for a while - I mean, she's looking for a while before she fi... PIPER PERABO I started reading seriously at seven or eight, books about myths and legends, the Narnia series. By ... MALORIE BLACKMAN Soon after publishing a book for kids, my mailbox began to fill with letters from children all acros... RODMAN PHILBRICK JAMES DASHNER It's interesting because Swedes subtitle everything, so they're so used to it. When my wife ... GREG POEHLER MATTHEW DESMOND So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do th... KATEY SAGAL RICK RIORDAN ISABELLA ROSSELLINI GARTH NIX Some people are gonna hate anything; they're gonna hate when anybody tries to go or do anything,... ZAC BROWN Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as dem... DAVID WALLIAMS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON ALAIN DE BOTTON I love Viola Davis. I call her 'Queen.' I think she's phenomenal. She's so raw and s... ANNA DIOP She had three or four shots during the game, so it was good for her to score one. She turned the gir... DAVE HILLIARD Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with t... IRA GLASS PAUL BLOOM LESLIE FIEDLER I like Sprite a lot, but I try not to drink it. My mom doesn't want me to drink Sprite because i... MADDIE ZIEGLER BRIAN SELZNICK My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was... KAROLYN GRIMES ELLEN HOPKINS LEV GROSSMAN When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife... OM PURI WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN I would love to write more children's books. There is such a high standard out there for childre... JEWEL JACK MA IRVINE WELSH Maybe because she doesn't try so hard to seduce and impress, I guess that's why some guys fe... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It ... CHARLOTTE LAMB It's funny, we started writing chick-lit when it was just becoming a crowded marketplace, and no... EMMA MCLAUGHLIN Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't transla... BILL EVANS It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R... JANELLE MONAE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON OLIVIA WILDE It's really hard when people write nasty things about you all the time. As much as good things a... JORDIN SPARKS People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they&#... MARY GAITSKILL IGGY AZALEA WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN M. J. ROSE When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of mar... JO BEVERLEY There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how... OCTAVIA SPENCER CARL CLINTON VAN DOREN BABYFACE RUBEN STUDDARD If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether i... ERIC FELLNER Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write ... BILL CALLAHAN DOUGLAS ADAMS PAULO COELHO GAIL CARSON LEVINE RICHARD RUSSO BRENE BROWN It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk abou... NANCY PICKARD J. C. WATTS Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to... R. L. STINE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER CASSANDRA CLARE It's a wonderful thing to write for children. JOHN BOYNE I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS TERRY PRATCHETT I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get a... JONATHAN DEE JEAN-LUC GODARD ALAN BALL Peer attachments are not the problem themselves. It's when they compete with adult attachments t... GORDON NEUFELD ELLIE GOULDING LEA THOMPSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON JOSS WHEDON I love real books, paper books, but I also love buying online, and I think that people are more will... CAROLINE LEAVITT DYLAN MCDERMOTT I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I lik... JOY FIELDING WILBUR SMITH HILARY MANTEL I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or blac... RUTINA WESLEY JOYCE CAROL OATES I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover oth... PATRICIA REILLY GIFF She kept encouraging me when I was young, and so I just accepted it ? this was what I was going to d... JUDITH ROSSNER
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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 th... R. L. STINE Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to... R. L. STINE Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown. R. L. STINE I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of... R. L. STINE Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so t... R. L. STINE Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fe... R. L. STINE Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special. R. L. STINE I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I&... R. L. STINE I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; ... R. L. STINE I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books... R. L. STINE I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, ... R. L. STINE When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and '... R. L. STINE A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning. R. L. STINE If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's bl... R. L. STINE It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don'... R. L. STINE I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning. R. L. STINE If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as ... R. L. STINE I feel happy to terrify kids. R. L. STINE RICHARD STINE Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that ... R.L. STINE One of the main drivers right now for the market is this worry about interest rates. BRIAN STINE The jobs numbers are going to be meaningless for the next few months. You'll have Katrina as a big a... BRIAN STINE The jobs numbers are going to be meaningless for the next few months. You'll have Katrina as a big a... BRIAN STINE They can leave out the sentence about accommodation and say that future actions will be based on inc... BRIAN STINE The Fed is in a difficult position given the hurricane. The Fed is kind of flying blind. BRIAN STINE The Fed is still looking at inflation. Katrina is certainly going to have some negative impact on th... BRIAN STINE Historically a flat or inverted yield curve is bad news for the market but I don't think that is the... BRIAN STINE There are some indicators suggesting a bit of a slowdown. That could cause the Fed to pause, ... The... BRIAN STINE There are some indicators suggesting a bit of a slowdown. That could cause the Fed to pause. The key... BRIAN STINE I think the Fed will change the wording and get rid of measured. Greenspan wants to get to neutral o... BRIAN STINE This was a normal town once, and we were normal people. Most of us worked at the plastics factory on... R.L. STINE They're two years and two weeks apart. SAMANTHA STINE Zeke and I struggled to get to the dressing room so we could get changed. But we were mobbed by peop... R.L. STINE Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children'... R.L. STINE Legislators: Rape their wives and do two years. Kill their children and do five years. Steal their m... L. R. POWELL R. L. GREGORY C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES It was inevitable that Jesus Christ should be crucified. It was also inevitable that He should rise ... H. R. L. SHEPPARD C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES C. L. R. JAMES Losing your mind is just like ruining a flower just have to keep plucking at their petals L Manipulation and pretentiousness, the dead can't do that. L Your cynical ways define your soul
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