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Writing Quotes by Michael Morpurgo
- I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down, I've…
- We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art,…
- When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if…
- Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.
- Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
- I write fiction. I make things up, it's what I do.
- Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime.…
- There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children…
- For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always find…
- 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…
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
- Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov