...I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.

nothing can wear you out like caring about people

Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

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.

I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be.

Okay greasers,you've had it.