Michael Morpurgo Quotes
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Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.
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Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.
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Theatre can transform a child's life, just as an early cultural experience whether with opera, ballet, music or art is a wonderful thing because it opens the door to a life-long experience, a life-long enjoyment.
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I don't want to be separate from something that's important to me.
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Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
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Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.
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Often it's the latest novel that I've written that is my favourite. I'd been dreaming it for so long, living and breathing its story so that when it finally arrives as a newly published book, smelling wonderful and fresh out of the box, there is nothing like it.
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Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it!
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Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.
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I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.
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Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other
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I spend months, sometimes years, doing what I call dreamtime, weaving it together inside my head. But when I actually feel that the egg of my story is ready to hatch, then I can write it in three months. Then I know the landscape and the people well and from the inside, but I don't necessarily know where the story is going to take us.
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As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.
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But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.
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Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.
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By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.
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There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.
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Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.
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cause when there's life there's still hope
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Anything that gets children reading is fine.
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You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.
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It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.
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Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.
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If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.