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.
Louis SacharWell, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.
Louis SacharDoesn't every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn't you? What about Chinese children?
Louis SacharHe could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a shovel.
Louis Sachar