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

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

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.

Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.