You Can't Let Anybody Else Tell You

I Guess What Led To Me Writing 'holes' Was Having Moved To Texas In 1991, And It Was Sort Of My Reaction To Texas.

If Only, If Only," The Woodpecker Sighs, "the Bark On The Tree Was As Soft As The Skies." While The Wolf Waits Below, Hungry And Lonely, Crying To The Moo-oo-oon, "if Only, If Only.

Toni Hears Voices," Said Trapp. "but Who Is This Dr. Ellsworth To Tell Her She's A Schizophrenic? Maybe She Just Perceives Better Than The Rest Of Us. Maybe The Voices She Hears Are Just Uncommunicated Ideas, Floating Free.

The Best Morals Kids Get From Any Book Is Just The Capacity To Empathize With Other People, To Care About The Characters And Their Feelings. So You Don't Have To Write A Preachy Book To Do That. You Just Have To Make It A Fun Book With Characters They Care About, And They Will Become Better People As A Result.

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.