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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.

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 Media Tends To Portray The Teenage World As One Where Drinking And Sex Is Taken For Granted. In Fact, I Think Most Teenagers Don't Drink, Are Unsure Of Themselves, And Feel Awkward Around Members Of The Opposite Sex.

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.

Each Beat Told Him He Was Still Alive, At Least For One More Second.