Not counting 'Small Steps,' I think 'Holes' is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story… — Louis Sachar Before Copy Share Image
I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just… — Louis Sachar Book Copy Share Image
“Now you be careful in the real world" said Armpit " Not everyone is as nice as us.” — Louis Sachar Book Copy Share Image
“It's funny how a person can be right all the time and still be wrong.” — Louis Sachar Irony Copy Share Image
It's - I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from… — Louis Sachar Adult Copy Share Image
“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 Bullying Copy Share Image
“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 Day to day Copy Share Image
I don't think too much about the audience when I'm writing... I'm aware that 'Holes' was read by kids as young as… — Louis Sachar About Copy Share Image
“Dameon had hazel eyes with little black dots in the middle of each of them. The dots were called pupils.” — Louis Sachar Hazel eyes Copy Share Image
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 About Copy Share Image
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. — Louis Sachar Authors Copy Share Image
“I prefer to use the names their parents gave them -- the names that society will recognize them by when they return… — Louis Sachar Parenting Copy Share Image
Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go… — Louis Sachar Life Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all… — Louis Sachar Books Copy Share Image
“Where are we supposed to go to the bathroom?” he asked Magnet. Magnet gestured with his arms to the great expanse around… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable. — Louis Sachar Impossible Copy Share Image
An idea doesn't die," said Trapp. "It exists somewhere, in its own dimension, waiting to be perceived. — Louis Sachar Dimensions Copy Share Image
“Higher and higher he climbed. His strength came from somewhere deep inside himself and also seemed to come from the outside as… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Wayside school is falling down, falling down, falling down, Wayside school is falling down my fair lady. Kids go splat as they… — Louis Sachar Blood Copy Share Image
Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you… — Louis Sachar Accounts Copy Share Image
“Love is different from most things. If I gave my piece of chalk to someone, then I wouldn't have it anymore. But… — Louis Sachar Love Copy Share Image
