Barry Hines: Quotes about thinking

Barry Hines was British author. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.
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“I think that I painted an accurate picture of what life was like for someone like Billy forty years ago. Looking back, maybe I was not as sympathetic as I could have been to some of the adult characters.”

Barry Hines

On A Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines Interview: Homecoming Hero

Life , Thinking , Painting

“I think that the book has survived as a set text because teachers like using it. It has a lot of possibilities from a teaching point of view. Most kinds of children seem to identify with the story. Northanger Abbey it is not! It should really be out of date now after all these years. But sadly, it’s not. There are still a lot of kids like Billy around. Ken Loach’s film Kes is a sympathetic retelling of the book. It adds value to it. Ken is a wonderful director for any writer to work with. I was very lucky that Tony Garnett the producer and Ken discovered my little book.”

Barry Hines

On A Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines Interview: Homecoming Hero

Books , Children , Thinking , Teachers

“The trouble in school is that you can do so little to help kids because you come up against this dead end of the educational system. I think a comprehensive system is the only answer for these kids, if it is carried through properly. But education reflects the system, rather than changes it. People say it’s an instrument of social change; well, if it is, it’s a bloody slow one. I think education reflects the class system, and the system has to change before education can.”

Barry Hines

Barry Hines 1970 interview

School , Dead , People , Help

“I think it was the first novel I’d actually read in my own time, and of my own volition. I’d actually sat down and read a book, and I was 21. Ridiculous. I can’t remember reading anything before.”

Barry Hines

On Animal Farm
Barry Hines 1970 interview

Thinking , Books , Reading , Time