Morris Gleitzman Quotes
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Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once
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A little hope goes a long way.
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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.
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We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united
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I wrote stories as a kid just for myself. One day, some of the kids in my class found some of my stories in my…
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Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way.
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I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and…
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Halfway through primary school, I realised that I was not as physically strong or fearless as many kids. So, in situations of conflict, I quickly…
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In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so…
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I like the idea of young readers using my stories as a sort of moral gym, where they can flex and develop their newly developed…
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When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life.
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Because of my poor writing posture, I started walking in the forest every day, and I found it a potent place to be creatively. It…
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I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life.
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My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.
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Boys, particularly, like stories where they can have images in their imagination, where they can go to scary places and experiment with what can happen.
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Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept…
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I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age was that he…
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Melbourne is my type of city, much more so than Sydney.
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Step-parenting and being a step-sibling presents a lot of exciting opportunities. When families break up and re-form, there may be less order, less certainty, and…
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