“Why does this war have to destroy anything and everything that’s fine and beautiful?” — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war,… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier.And clearly you British have an… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“They fight a war and they don't know what for. Isn't that crazy? How can one man kill another and not really… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
But just as soon as this war's over and finished with,I'll get back home and marry her.I've grown up with her, Joey,… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Marry someone who flatters you. Because I've written 80 books since 'War Horse' but when my wife reads one, all she says… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I tell you, my friends,’ he said one day. ‘I tell you that I am the only sane man in the regiment.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
“Father was always getting into scrapes when he was a lad. But the worst scrape he ever hot hisself into was the war, First… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings,… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it. When I'm… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
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… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
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… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
“After this night is over, then you can drift away, they you can sleep for ever, for nothing will ever matter again.” — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share
