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I Think The Value In Books Like Mine, And A Great Number By Other Talented Writers, Is In The Ability To Bring Dark Subjects Into The Open Where They Are Not So Dark, Where They Can Be Talked About And Considered By Teens And Adults Alike.

You Put Yourself Out There In The Truest Way You Can And Hope Others Do The Same. You'll Connect Or You Won't, But You Did What You Could.

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.

Adopted. Big Deal; So Was Superman