Louis Sachar Quotes

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

Humans are stupid. I'm ashamed to be human.

You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.

What if she figures out you're not very smart?

I know I look crazy, but I am not!

I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen to you, I'll feel better.

If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay

I thought as much. Miss Murray, though I am a beast, do not think that I am stupid. I know that I am hideous and hateful. I am not loved, nor ever hope to be. Nor am I fool enough to think that what I feel for you is love. But in this world, alone, I do not hate you. And alone in this world, you do not hate me.

I'm not stupid. I can tell what's what.

Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?

I’d like to. Problem is, I’m not stupid.” “You act stupid.” “Right. Thanks for that. For your information, there’s a difference between acting stupid and being stupid.” “It’s a fine line, but someone has to draw it.

Some people think that I haven't got the brains to be that clever.

It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends from university have said, 'I quite fancied you, but I wouldn't have dared...' and I was like, 'Oh really?' I was completely amazed that anyone had ever fancied me, and also that I'd obviously given an impression of 'Don't touch me.'

I don't think anything can help me socially, to be honest: I have this terrible personality. I don't really know how to describe it... maybe I'll go with surly.

I think I'm not always what I seem. Most people, when they get to know me, say, 'You know, when I first met you...' People initially think I'm a snob because I'm intensely private.

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

Women have said the most malicious, disgusting things about me. But I know that when somebody comments about you, good or bad, it is 99 percent of the time their projection of how they feel about themselves.

People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really normal guy.

I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

I think sometimes I intimidate people. I've been told that. But I feel I'm the least intimidating person possible.

People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't.

I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.