The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I was in high school, the genders were so separate from each other. If you weren't 'dating' somebody, you couldn't just be friends with somebody.
Copy Quote View & ShareI just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.
Copy Quote View & ShareI have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen 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.
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