I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.

They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .

Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy

Mace, you never read Smoky the Cowhorse,did you? No. Well,ol' Smoky, he had somebad things happen to him,had the heart knocked clean out of him.But he hung on and came out of it okay.I've been bashed up pretty good,Mason, but I'm going to make it.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.

I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.