Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar
Louis Sacharis an American writer of children's books. He is best known for the Wayside School series and Holes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth20 March 1954
CityEast Meadow, NY
CountryUnited States of America
impossible believable improbable
The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.
decision holes
You make the decision: Whom did God punish?
dirty pigs grandfather
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.
writing editors decision
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.
writing texas holes
I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.
lakes spoons breakfast
He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a shovel.
up-to-you responsible messed-up
You're responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it's up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you -- for any of you.
hero school salinger
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.
avid bad club four games local people three
I'm an avid bridge player. I usually go to the local bridge club three or four times a week. I've always been a game-player, and I think bridge is one of the greatest games ever invented. It's too bad that not many young people play it any more.
music
I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence.
basically certainly changes life relationships
'The Cardturner,' while it has bridge in it, you certainly don't need to know how to play bridge to read it. It's basically a book about relationships - between Alton and his great-uncle, and Alton and his friends, and how it changes his life.
itself lend setting troubled
With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But the setting didn't lend itself to girls.
kids
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 8, up to adults.
adult almost coming decided seemed worked
I actually started an adult book, worked on it for about two years, and then decided it just wasn't coming together for me, and thought I'll go back to children's books, and almost immediately I started 'Holes,' and it just seemed to take off on me.