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S. E. Hinton
American
Writer
Born:
Jul 22
,
1948
Being
Friends
Outsiders
Write
You
Your
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I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.
S. E. Hinton
Most
Were
Male
Friends
Close
Close Friends
Tomboy
'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
S. E. Hinton
Great
Joy
Personality
Strong
Own
Sweet
Teenagers
Though
Kids
Characters
Cast
Never
Had
Outsiders
Particular
Goofy
Around
Got
Were
Mixed
Camera
His
Normal
Off
Up
Artists
Them
Each
Serious
I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
S. E. Hinton
Life
Time
You
Reality
Young
Must
About
Compromise
Write
Adult
Outsiders
Ideals
Wrote
Genre
Although
Up
Get
Young Adult
Against
Interesting
Your
Slammed
If you enjoy reading something, read it.
S. E. Hinton
You
Reading
Enjoy
Something
Read
Enjoy Reading
Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.
S. E. Hinton
Experience
Will
Every
Other
Books
Pleasurable
Favor
Gives
Writer
Make
Read
Reader
Because
Am
Doing
Any
Want
Who
I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
S. E. Hinton
Few
Nuts
Kids
Could
Write
Go
Lot
Teach
Help
When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
S. E. Hinton
Kind
See
Someone
Uncomfortable
Movie
I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
S. E. Hinton
Nothing
Wrong
Up
Friends
Grew
Here
I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
S. E. Hinton
Having
Name
Like
Private
Public
Straight
Helps
Keep
Things
I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway.
S. E. Hinton
You
Writing
Will
Girl
Side
Books
Out
Feel
Most
Read
Audience
Boy
Got
Left
Getting
Anyway
Your
My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends.
S. E. Hinton
Great
Husband
Both
New
Along
Make
New Friends
Friends
Get
Hard
When I was in high school, the genders were so separate from each other. If you weren't 'dating' somebody, you couldn't just be friends with somebody.
S. E. Hinton
You
School
Somebody
Just Be
Other
High
High School
Dating
Were
Friends
Just
Separate
Each
I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.
S. E. Hinton
Man
Easier
Find
Point
Point Of View
Write
View
When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy.
S. E. Hinton
Mom
Happy
Ending
Young
Books
Prom
About
Guy
Mary
Football
Football Player
Making
Were
Up
Quiet
Jane
Your
Player
I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.
S. E. Hinton
Culture
Group
Teen
Peer
Peer Group
Immersed
Strongly
Part
Taken
Felt
Just
Being
More people thought I was strange because I was a teenage novelist, not because I was from Oklahoma. That's where I got the looks like I was from the zoo.
S. E. Hinton
Strange
People
Thought
Teenage
Oklahoma
More
More People
Like
Looks
Because
Got
Where
Novelist
Zoo
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