S. E. Hinton Quotes

The ending is really the most important part of the movie. If the first hour and 20 minutes is terrific and the last ten minutes stinks, everybody walks out of the theatre and says: 'That was a lousy movie!'

The most important thing is how the season ends.

I believe in picking a strong ending.

I always want the last line to be really good, which may sound silly, but I want it to be a last pleasing line.

How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.

Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'

People remember the last thing you did.

They always remember the last thing you do. They don't remember the things before.

I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a piece of nonfiction, a personal memoir of youth, but over the next several weeks, without intending it, the work began evolving into what has become 'Tomcat in Love.'

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

I had every intention of 'Bloodflowers' being the last Cure record. I thought it would be fantastic to finish with the best thing we'd ever done, but I wasn't sure we could pull it off.

I do enjoy history. That's one of the things that I love about acting is you get a chance to really dive into history and develop a real personal opinion about it.

I hope that when I'm 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.

I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

I know that all good things must come to an end and I've had an incredible ride. I just want to end it on the right note.

It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won't leave people saying, 'Gee, it could have been better, it could've been this, it could've been that.'

The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around.

We made 'Baahubali' with pure intentions. It taught us that we might be remembered for the rest of our lives if we do something with good intentions in our hearts.

I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.'

I would compare kicking to being a closer in baseball. This whole game gets played, or the cake is made in front of you, so to speak, and you have to turn around and put the icing on the cake.

When I left Dortmund, I said it's not important what people think when you come in but what they think when you leave.