S. E. Hinton

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

#express #feelings #i #i write #idea

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#good #i #influence #read #stuff

I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#being #go #him #i #narrator

I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#grew #here #i #nothing #up

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#helps #i #keep #like #name

I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#close friends #friends #i #male #most

Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#movies #only #ruin

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#characters #exist #fictional #get #head

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

#boy #condemned #feel #first #i

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

#darkness #had #home #house #i