Michael Morpurgo Quotes
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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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There's a mouse in here with me. He's sitting there in the light of the lamp, looking up at me. He seems as surprised to see me as I am to see him. There he goes. I can hear him still, scurrying about somewhere under the hayrick. I think he's gone now. I hope he comes back. I miss him already.
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I don't want to be separate from something that's important to me.
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My Albert married his Maisie Brown as he said he would. But I think she never took to me, nor I to her for that matter. Perhaps it was a feeling of mutual jealousy.
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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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Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.
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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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If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.
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cause when there's life there's still hope
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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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Anything that gets children reading is fine.
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But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.
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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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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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Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.
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Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.
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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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I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.
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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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I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.
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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 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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That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.