The Bark On The Tree Was Just

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.

I May Have Ruined My Life, But At Least I Got To Eat Some Really Good Chinese Food.

I Never Think Of An Entire Book At Once. I Always Just Start With A Very Small Idea. In 'holes,' I Just Began With The Setting; A Juvenile Correctional Facility Located In The Texas Desert. Then I Slowly Make Up The Story, And Rewrite It Several Times, And Each Time I Rewrite It, I Get New Ideas, And Change The Old Ideas Around.

I Want Kids To Think That Reading Can Be Just As Much Fun And More So Than Tv Or Video Games Or Whatever Else They Do. I Think Any Other Kind Of Message Or Morals That I Might Teach Is Secondary To First Just Enjoying A Book.

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