Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
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.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something. . . . My theory is a children's book. . . can be just for fun.
Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.
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.
The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.
As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhappiness, there will be terrorism.
You don't expect people to go, "music has just been reinvented!" But the hope is that people won't say, "this is the most boring cliché. " I mean, that's one of my pursuits, is trying to not become a cliché, or get stuck in that. But even that's a cliché in itself! It's difficult! But I think it's worth it. . . . It's a real vicious circle there.
Many photographers are apt to confuse color with noise, and to congratulate themselves when they have almost blown you down with screeching hues alone-a bebop of electric blues, furious reds, and poison greens.
I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.