S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hintonis an American writer best known for her young-adult novels set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders, which she wrote during high school. In 1988 she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 July 1948
CountryUnited States of America
crazy supposed-to-be
Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy
school might frogs
I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.
hate feelings world
You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.
Nothing sparkly can stay.
mother brother crazy
Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would have made the perfect knight in a different century, or a very good pagan prince in a time of heroes. He was born in the wrong era, on the wrong side of the river, with the ability to do anything and finding nothing he wants to do.
staying
Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.
beautiful believe kids
California is like a beautiful wild kid on heroin, high as a kite and thinking she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying, not believing it even if you show her the marks.
mother father men
My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.
tell-me-the-truth wanted
All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth.
reading enjoy ifs
If you enjoy reading something, read it.
writing thinking outsiders
I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.
names helping
I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
writing thinking two
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.
mind want hell
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.