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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.

S. E. Hinton

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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
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Film Actor
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.
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I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.
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They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .
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It was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late. Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then, and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore.
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Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.
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That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks.
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...but I've never regretted it. You can't regret experience.
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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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You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight.
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Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs.
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Nothing sparkly can stay.
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He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.
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I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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If you enjoy reading something, read it.
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If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.
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He sure put things into words good.
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You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you.
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I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year
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You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.
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