S. E. Hinton Quotes & Sayings
34 most famous S. E. Hinton quotes and sayings (writer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“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.”
“I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.”
“Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.”
“My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.”
“My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.”
“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.”
“I think that 'The Outsiders' was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.”
“I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.”
“I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.”
“I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.”
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