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 wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.
There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.
I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.
We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.
the person in this picture is really me.