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25 quotes by Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American writer of children's books. He is best known for the series Sideways Stories From Wayside School and for the novels Pig City, in the UK, and Holes, which he has followed with two sequels. Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".
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I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my... →

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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... →

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I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there... →

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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.

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I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence.

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I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile... →

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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... →

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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... →

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I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.

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I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.

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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... →

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'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... →

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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... →

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