Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcheris an American novelist and a family therapist. He received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2000 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 July 1946
CountryUnited States of America
adoption bigs deals
Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman
draw handed parts people stories telling thin tough truth
'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain.
awareness backwards counting death fear realized start stopped terms time turned
When I turned 50, I realized I was now going to start counting backwards in terms of the years I had left. Then I turned 60, and I just stopped counting. I don't have a fear of death, but I have an awareness that there's a time limit.
attention high school span
I was pretty anti-academic, and I wasn't much of a student. I had a really short attention span and did not get a lot out of high school academically. I think college was a little the same way.
kids throughout worked
With all the kids that I have worked with throughout the years, I couldn't find one that wasn't like me in a way.
five girls looking looks sexually teacher three
When a teacher looks out over his or her classroom, he/she is looking at one in three girls who have been sexually mistreated, one in five boys.
life
Nothing about life is sacred until we make it so.
life origins until
My early life had a lot to do with my origins as a writer, but I didn't get into doing any writing at all until I was about 35 years old.
hard life love
It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.
seen
If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.
anger desperate
If you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.
agenda books keeps whether
I have no personal agenda in whether or not a library keeps 'Whale Talk' or 'Athletic Shorts' or any of my books shelved.
evidence giving life taking universe
As much as we'd like to think life is sacred, there's not a lot of evidence for that. The universe is maddeningly casual, giving and taking it.
artificial integrity sports
A sport has its own built-in integrity - doesn't need an artificial one.