I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.

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.

School just speeds things up... Without school it might take 70 years before you wake up and are able to count.

Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.

An idea doesn't die," said Trapp. "It exists somewhere, in its own dimension, waiting to be perceived.

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

Not counting Small Steps, I think Holes is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn’t changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I’m still too close to Small Steps to compare it to Holes.