I Think When You’re Dying You Start

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

You Can't Judge Islam By Those People Any More Than You Can Judge Christians By Abortion Clinic Bombers Or White Separatists. Love Turn To Hate At The Fringes Of Any Belief System.

Nothing Exists Without Its Opposite.

There Is No Jesus Without Judas, No Martin Luther King, Jr., Without The Klan; No Ali Without Joe Frazier; No Freedom Without Tyranny. No Wisdom Exists That Does Not Include Perspective. Relativity Is The Greatest Gift.

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.