Louis Sachar Quotes

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.

I like any story that starts one place and really takes a huge journey to a whole new place; that people in their life want to take that journey. They want to be able to find things in their life that aren't working and work through them to a new place of change.

Journey is my life now.

Being lost is worth the being found.

Yeah, it's been a ride I guess I had to go to that place to get to this one Now some of you might still be in that place If you're trying to get out, just follow me I'll get you there

It’s not that you have to achieve anything, it’s that you have to get away from where you are.

Life is a work in progress.

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

I believe if you are not rediscovering yourself and pushing boundaries, then you are not alive.

It's hard for me to speak of my own development. I'm the one behind the steering wheel, and it is easier to see where the vehicle is going when you are looking at it. For me, it feels like I have been doing the same thing all along.

I personally think that you have to get lost to find something really worthwhile, at least sometimes.

At 26, I barely knew who I was.

Part of our human nature is finding new ways of being.

Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.

You never know how much you can grow.

life is a work in progress.

The explorer is the person who is lost.

If only I knew what I wanted I could try to see about getting it.

Sometimes life is so crazy, you have to go through something to be able to find out what you're supposed to talk about next, and I think that's what happened to me.

We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination.