I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
'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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
