"When I was younger, I suffered from terrible allergies that kept me indoors. And all the kids threw rocks at my window and called me names. So I created my own friends: monsters, demons, ghouls to terrorize the neighborhood and all the kids that made fun of me. And they became real to me. And then one day, they actually...became...real. My monsters literally leapt off the page. As long as the books remain locked, we're safe. But when they open, well, you've just seen what happens."