Louis Sachar Quotes
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them.
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If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.
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I think it can be fun to write about relationships just because so many people can relate to what you are feeling.
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Lists are based on realism - on the coldly contemplated finitude of resources.
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I've worked with kids that are just horrendous, and it's mostly because of their parents.
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I'm stopped by mothers who say, 'Mr. Wilder, what advice would you give to my young boy? He's really talented.'
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I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.
