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S. E. Hinton
American
Writer
About the author
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#Books
#Ruin
#Movies
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,
American
Writer
#Imagination
#Old
#Idea
#Money
#Feelings
I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#Nothing
#Friends
#Wrong
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,
American
Writer
#Home
#Darkness
I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#Thinking
#Being
Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#Work
#Influence
I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#Public
#Name
I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#Friends
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,
American
Writer
#Life
#Being
#First
#Wishing
#Teen
When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
S. E. Hinton,
American
Writer
#People
#Ideas