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
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.
job stories wrote
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now, it's a job, but it's a job I like very much.
adult books care effort good putting
I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I don't write anything - put anything in my books - that I'd be embarrassed to put in an adult book.
chance form impossible lost seems time tried
Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly, I would get lost and feel overwhelmed. I have to go slow, and give things a chance to take form and grow.
persistence steps leap
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
life-and-love giving-up mind
I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it.After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.
smell taste taught
Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those are the only five? What are the senses that we don't have? What are we failing to perceive?
lakes green holes
There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.
fun book reading
I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or whatever else they do. I think any other kind of message or morals that I might teach is secondary to first just enjoying a book.
quitting
The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.
fun book character
The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.
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.
music
I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence.