Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always begin with… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's how I… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share
