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35 quotes by S. E. Hinton

Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders, which she wrote during high school. In 1988 she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.

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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.

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

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

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

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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

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

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

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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.

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My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.

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

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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.

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I always try to write the best I can.

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