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
book mean stories
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 books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story.
book writing fifteen
It's - I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from ten to fifteen.
teacher children book
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.
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.
nice
Not everyone is as nice as us.
dirty pigs digging-a-hole
It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather!
tree littles holes
The bark on the tree was just a little softer.
would-be rattlesnakes dangerous
Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.
dream rivers feet
Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away. The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold of life. You will get there in the end.
giving choices sometimes
You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.
giving dollars spit
Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.
lonely sky tree
If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, If only.
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.
trying together way
But I'm taking small steps 'Cause I don't know where I'm going I'm taking small steps And I don't know what to say. Small steps, Trying to pull myself together And maybe I'll discover A clue along the way!