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I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.

S. E. Hinton

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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
Autobiographer
Film Actor
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Screenwriter
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
S. E. Hinton
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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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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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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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Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
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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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I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
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I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same.
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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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He sure put things into words good.
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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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I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.
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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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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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They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .
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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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Get smart and nothing can touch you.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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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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You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.
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