If You Were To Look

I'd Rather Be A Flash Than A Slowly Burning Ember.

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.

There's Only One Thing To Say To The Censors: Shut Up.

Certainly Working With Teens Keeps Me Up To Date With Language And With Certain Kinds Of Thinking. I Often Feel Like I Have To Go Back To That 17-year-old Chris Crutcher, And That Forms The Core Voice. I Can Draw On Teens From 1964 To 2001 To Find A Part Of The Voice I Need.

Nothing Exists Without Its Opposite.