I really can't write fantasy. I cannot invent a world which does not exist. And I can't read fantasy either. As soon… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
With reading, I was very lucky. I had a mother who read to me, not because she had time - she was… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“One evening, after he’d read a piece about yet another savagery in Bosnia, I saw there were tears in his eyes. ‘Don’t… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Any story that gets us thinking, and particularly young people, thinking why? Whether it's as a result of reading the book, or… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that… — 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 Image
“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 Image
But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
