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
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.
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.
discover forced high life man span year
'Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his senior year in high school.
abuse families judge lesson life neglect taught therapist until
My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then... never judge.
against book death experience kids life perfect rub value
The value of a story like 'Deadline' is kids get to look at death at the perfect distance. They can put the book down. They can experience the story, rub up against it, but it's not real life.
awful biggest book gets happens language life meant problem scene
It's the scene in the book that probably gets the most attention, ... The biggest problem is that she is yelling, and in the book it's in big font. This is what happens all the time: They read the language and don't read the context. It's meant to let you know how awful her life is.
thinking life-sucks doe
If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.
life-is love-each-other ifs
...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it.
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.