Louis Sachar

Not everyone is as nice as us.

— Louis Sachar

You have only one life, make the most of it

— Louis Sachar

“Friends always break even.”

— Louis Sachar

“Nothing in life is easy.”

— Louis Sachar

“Need help new member”

— Louis Sachar

Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.

— Louis Sachar

You make the decision: Whom did God punish?

— Louis Sachar

“Special Today: Mushroom Surprise He”

— Louis Sachar

“Wayside School is falling down,                       my”

— Louis Sachar

Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second.

— Louis Sachar

The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.

— Louis Sachar

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

— Louis Sachar

“It's funny how a person can be right all the time and still be wrong.”

— Louis Sachar

Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.

— Louis Sachar

“Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence.”

— Louis Sachar

“You may have done some bad things, but that doesn't mean you're a bad kid.”

— Louis Sachar

“He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he…

— Louis Sachar

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as…

— Louis Sachar

When anything bad happens to me or someone I know, I always know who to blame. My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

— Louis Sachar

He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a…

— Louis Sachar

With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But…

— Louis Sachar

“Where are we supposed to go to the bathroom?” he asked Magnet. Magnet gestured with his arms to the great expanse around…

— Louis Sachar

School just speeds things up... Without school it might take 70 years before you wake up and are able to count.

— Louis Sachar

“Stanley took a shower—if you could call it that, ate dinner—if you could call it that, and went to bed—if you could…

— Louis Sachar

Toni hears voices," said Trapp. "But who is this Dr. Ellsworth to tell her she's a schizophrenic? Maybe she just perceives better…

— Louis Sachar

“Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set…

— Louis Sachar

Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly,…

— Louis Sachar

“If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs, The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer. While the wolf waits…

— Louis Sachar

I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake…

— Louis Sachar

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits…

— Louis Sachar

There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just…

— Louis Sachar

I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for…

— Louis Sachar

“And I can get my own phone," said Leslie, "with unlimited text messaging!" "And I can get my car fixed," I said.…

— Louis Sachar

“He didn’t have any friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his…

— Louis Sachar

“He sat at his desk – last seat, last row – and looked at the chart on the wall next to him.…

— Louis Sachar

“It's a lost and lonely kind of feeling, To wake up wearing a disguise. I lie in bed staring at the ceiling,…

— Louis Sachar

“How’d you like to take a ride on my new boat this Saturday?” he asked her one evening after class. “No, thank…

— Louis Sachar

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by…

— Louis Sachar

“He brought his tray to the table. Behind him, a boy from one of the other tents said, “Hey, what happened to…

— Louis Sachar

“What scared Stanley the most about dying wasn't his actual death. He figured he could handle the pain. It wouldn't be much…

— Louis Sachar