What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast!

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast!

I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.

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