S. E. Hinton Quotes

"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
(Related: Life, Teen, Being, First, Wishing)

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

"My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head."
- S. E. Hinton
(Related: People, Ideas)

"Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies."
- S. E. Hinton
(Related: Movies, Books, Ruin)

"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
(Related: Money, Imagination, Feelings, Idea, Old)

"I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here."
- S. E. Hinton
(Related: Friends, Nothing, Wrong)

"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
(Related: Home, Darkness)

"I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him."
- S. E. Hinton
(Related: Being, Thinking)

"Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff."
- S. E. Hinton
(Related: Work, Influence)

"I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight."
- S. E. Hinton
(Related: Name, Public)