But Dally, heaters kill people! Ya' kill 'em with switchblades to, don'tcha?

All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth.

It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.

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 don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.

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

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.