Best Michael Morpurgo Sayings
- cause when there's life there's still hope Cause
- This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men… Abomination
- I tell you, my friends,’ he said one day. ‘I tell you that I am the only sane man in the regiment. It’s the others… Call
- There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? All
- He never reckoned much to schooling and that. He said you could learn most what was worth knowing from keeping your eyes and ears peeled.… Always Said
- I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less. Hate
- 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… Ask
- If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on. Cling
- If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer. Happy
- 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… Art
- Write because you love it and not because it is something that you think you should do. Always write about something or somebody you know… Always Write
- Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might… Anything Read
- When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in… Bed
- I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to play God, but… Allow
- Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken… Cautious
- When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they… Begin
- With reading, I was very lucky. I had a mother who read to me, not because she had time - she was a busy woman… Bed
- Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to underestimate them or patronise them. Bunch
- I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted - did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for training to be a writer,… Achieve
- Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us. Best