I want to help children develop strengths that allow them to feel they don't have to push things away mentally... If we 'cotton-ball' kids, it produces adults who are too scared to think for themselves and are easily manipulated. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I like the idea of young readers using my stories as a sort of moral gym, where they can flex and develop their newly… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
At around nine or 10 years of age, young people start to decide for themselves what's moral or not, and that's why I like… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“Potato slices, crispy and fragrant. And toast glistening with what looks like actual creamy butter. And three fried eggs. That’s more eggs than I’ve… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“De repente quiero que me clave una de las jeringuillas, para poder caer en un sueño profundo y no despertarme nunca, para no volver… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“Dear Reader Once and its sequel Then are two parts of the same story, but they were written and published as two separate books.… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Boys, particularly, like stories where they can have images in their imagination, where they can go to scary places and experiment with what can… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
