S. E. Hinton Quotes

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

Home, Mind, Two

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

Work, Good, Try

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

Thinking, Him, Straight

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

Nothing, Friends, Wrong

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

Money, Feelings, Why

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

Keep, Public, Name

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

Friends, Close, Tomboy

Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
S. E. Hinton

Movies, Books, Ruin

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

Real, Sometimes, Ideas

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

Life, Sometimes, Second

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 22, 1948

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