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.
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I think that 'The Outsiders' was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.
I've always been interested in writing from the perspective of an outsider.
Tulsa was the kind of place where you could go to any door and borrow a cup of sugar. Everybody knew everybody. Truthfully, I don't even remember dealing with any racism in our town; we all got along.
I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.
People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.
I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works.
I always tend to write about outsiders. And what's been fun for me is, as I travel around and visit schools, is that other kids that feel the same way relate to some of my characters, and so I hope in some way that's helping them when they want to read about somebody that they can relate to.
I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
I've always been an outsider.
In a sense, I feel a lot more an outsider in Los Angeles than I did in Newfoundland.
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