The Cardturner,’ while it has bridge in it, you certainly don’t need to know how to play bridge to read it. It’s basically a book about relationships – between Alton and his great-uncle, and Alton and his friends, and how it changes his life. Louis Sachar Read Quote
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 Read Quote
With ‘Holes’ I was troubled that there weren’t very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But the setting didn’t lend itself to girls. Louis Sachar Read Quote
I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things – I don’t think of it as my novel having a new life. Louis Sachar Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn’t actually play on my own for about 30 years. Louis Sachar Read Quote
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 Sachar Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Louis Sachar Read Quote
I’m an avid bridge player. I usually go to the local bridge club three or four times a week. I’ve always been a game-player, and I think bridge is one of the greatest games ever invented. It’s too bad that not many young people play it any more. Louis Sachar Read Quote
