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 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.

It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.

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.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.