I Gotta Cut Smoking Or I'll Never

If You Want To Be A Writer, I Have Two Pieces Of Advice. One Is To Be A Reader. I Think That's One Of The Most Important Parts Of Learning To Write. The Other Piece Of Advice Is 'just Do It!' Don't Think About It, Don't Agonize, Sit Down And Write.

I Didn't Think Much About That Statement Then. But Later I Would-i Still Do. I Think About It And Think About It Until I Think I'm Going Crazy.

I Was Desperate For Something To Read That Dealt Realistically With Teenage Life, And I Thought Others Might Be, Too.

Dally Was So Real He Scared Me.

Asleep, He Looked A Lot Younger Than Going-on-seventeen, But I Had Noticed That Johnny Looked Younger When He Was Asleep Too, So I Figured Everyone Did. Maybe People Are Younger When They Are Asleep.