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let's do it for Johnny

S. E. Hinton

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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.
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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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My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's how I wrote my second novel.
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Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.
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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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Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. Tuff enough, he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.
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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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Dally was so real he scared me.
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Mace, you never read Smoky the Cowhorse,did you? No. Well,ol' Smoky, he had somebad things happen to him,had the heart knocked clean out of him.But he hung on and came out of it okay.I've been bashed up pretty good,Mason, but I'm going to make it.
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I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year
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If you enjoy reading something, read it.
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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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They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
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We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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...but I've never regretted it. You can't regret experience.
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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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