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
real character writing
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.
real war kids
We had played a kid's version of gang fighting called "Civil War," and then later we had got in on the real thing, we fought with chains and we fought barefisted and we fought Socs and we fought other grease gangs. It was a normal childhood.
fun real pride
I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn't think of any real good reason. There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.
real scared
Dally was so real he scared me.
real sunset west
Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.
real fighting self
There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.
needs pass puts
Erin always puts that pass right where it needs to be. That was perfect.
finish hoping open park portions terrain trying
We're working with what he have and trying to make as much as we can. Crews are hoping to finish portions of the mountain's terrain park and open by this weekend.
coming learning listen shows
We're always coming away from shows and learning something new, and we always listen and learn.
arriving attendance christmas people yesterday
We doubled our attendance yesterday from Christmas Day. I think people are still arriving and that it is going to keep getting busier.
certain close conform expected figure girls grew horseback jeans liked playing supposed time
I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.
catch couple good guys holding hoping job knee last passed thrown
I was hoping we wouldn't have to catch him, but his knee is holding up fine. He's always done a good job back there. He's had a couple of passed balls, but that's from not being back there the last two years. He's thrown some guys out on the bases.
across begin guess since vivid
Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always begin with an emotion after I have established a character in my mind. I feel what they feel. I guess that is why it comes across so strongly.
people teenage
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.