Louis Sachar Quotes - Page 3

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• Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again.

  Louis Sachar

  Stories, Warning, Safe

  Louis Sachar (2010). “Wayside School is Falling Down”, p.43, A&C Black

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• There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.

  Louis Sachar

  Strange Places, People, Special

  Louis Sachar (2010). “Small Steps”, p.235, A&C Black

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• Life will deal me many different hands, some good, some bad (maybe they've already been dealt), but from here on in, I'll be turning my own cards. —Alton Richard

  Louis Sachar

  Hands, Different, Cards

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• 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.

  Louis Sachar

  Writing, Editors, Decision

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• I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game at a bridge club. I try to go to tournaments three, four, or five times a year.

  Louis Sachar

  Morning, Writing, Years

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• I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.

  Louis Sachar

  Writing, Texas, Holes

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• The media tends to portray the teenage world as one where drinking and sex is taken for granted. In fact, I think most teenagers don't drink, are unsure of themselves, and feel awkward around members of the opposite sex.

  Louis Sachar

  Sex, Teenage, Drinking

  "A Few Words From Louis Sachar". "Small Steps" Hardcover Edition, www.penguinrandomhouse.com. 2008.

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• I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.

  Louis Sachar

  Book, Years, Answers

  "A Few Words From Louis Sachar". "Small Steps" Hardcover Edition, www.randomhouse.com. 2008.

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• A lot of people don't believe in curses.
  A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not.

  Louis Sachar

  Believe, Yellow, Differences

  Louis Sachar (2011). “Holes”, p.41, Yearling

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• Wayside school is falling down, falling down, falling down, Wayside school is falling down my fair lady. Kids go splat as they hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, Kids go splat as the hit the ground my fair lady . Broken bones and blood and gore, blood and gore, blood and gore, Broken bones and blood and gore my fair lady. We don't have to go to school no more, school no more, school no more, We don't have to go to school no more my fair lady.

  Louis Sachar

  Fall, School, Kids

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• My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years.

  Louis Sachar

  Hands, Years, Bridges

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