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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
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Film Actor
Novelist
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.
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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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Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.
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They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side. They shouldn't hate each other.
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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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He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.
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If you enjoy reading something, read it.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.
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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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Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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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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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 wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.
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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 was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.
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Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.
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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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