I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which is very scary to them right now.
Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.
I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.
I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.
I feel happy to terrify kids.