#ma

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. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#different #many #much #read #soak

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#culture #i #into #job #keep

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. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#basement #basic #closet #dark #down

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

— R. L. Stine

#i #normally #outline #spend #take

People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven days a week. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#ask #books #days #how #i

So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#i #listen #many #people #please

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. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#buy #detail #every #fantasy #happen

I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me. ↗

— Sting

#big enough #creative #emotional #enough #i

It has very little to do with my work, but if your image is not sexy enough, people won't listen. It's part of the game. ↗

— Sting

#game #image #listen #little #part

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way. ↗

— Sting

#get #heading #i #into #journey