"The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go……" — Chris Crutcher
"The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time. I believe this is a story about redemption; how, even with the best intentions, it's sometimes found and sometimes not."
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40 Quotes by Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher has 40 quotes on this site.
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You have to be mad in the language you're mad in.
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I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability…
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We get crazy when we can't make things be like the world tells us they are". She looked back out…
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There's only one thing to say to the censors: Shut up.
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I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.
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It seems to me if you don't know anything about child development you shouldn't intimate in your 'reporting' that you…
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My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored…
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You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.
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Being an outsider means not being heard, not having a voice. It means being treated as a second-class citizen, being…
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Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking. I often feel…
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Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during…
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I am for anything that makes teens visible in an honest way... in other words, anything that represents them the…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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