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I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

I definitely am afraid of the dark. Somehow, in my mind I can always come up with some horrific stuff to worry about.

I absolutely love writing about the things that scare me, the things that keep me up at night. I don't quite know why. Perhaps because so many things do scare me, and this is my subconscious way of trying to exercise some control over things that go bump in the night!

I was afraid of the dark until I was, like, 15 and slept with a nightlight.

We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

I'm a light sleeper. I've never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get most scared, anxious or worried. In those darker moments before waking or sleeping is when I feel most, I don't know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places.

No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.

My kids' books all have a darkness to them.

I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I'm sleeping. You become what you think about the most.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.