I was a ‘young adult’ when I wrote ‘The Outsiders,’ although it was not a genre at the time. It’s an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise. S. E. Hinton Read Quote
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. S. E. Hinton Read Quote
My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head. S. E. Hinton Read Quote
When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy. S. E. Hinton Read Quote
Sometimes, I feel like I spent the first part of my life wishing to be a teen-age boy, and the second part condemned to being one. S. E. Hinton Read Quote
