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 More Quotes by Louis Sachar More Quotes From Louis Sachar 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. Louis Sachar messed-upresponsibleup-to-you I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions. Louis Sachar not-stupidstupidthinking Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you. Louis Sachar spitdollarsgiving I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes. Louis Sachar remembers-everythingmistaketwo 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 safewarningstories 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. Louis Sachar grandfatherpigsdirty 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 kidsschoolfall I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food. Louis Sachar ruinedchinesemay 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 differentcardshands 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-placesspecialpeople The bark on the tree was just a little softer. Louis Sachar holestreelittles There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. Louis Sachar holesgreenlakes When I turned the corner, I saw Toni waving at me from the elevator. I think I've already told you how it made me feel to see her smile and wave at me. You can have your sunsets and waterfalls. If a piano were to suddenly fall on my head, that's the image I'd want forever engraved in my mind. —Alton Richard Louis Sachar sunsetfallthinking We may be surrounded by some greater reality, to which we are oblivious. And even if we could somehow perceive it in some entirely new way, it is extremely doubtful we would be able to comprehend what we perceived. Louis Sachar would-bemayreality Toni hears voices," said Trapp. "But who is this Dr. Ellsworth to tell her she's a schizophrenic? Maybe she just perceives better than the rest of us. Maybe the voices she hears are just uncommunicated ideas, floating free. Louis Sachar drsvoiceideas Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second. Louis Sachar beatsalivestills 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 holestexaswriting 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 are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it. Louis Sachar writingmorningtwo 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 writingmorningyears You have only one life, make the most of it Louis Sachar
