"I think there's something about studying a book……" — Michael Morpurgo

"I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful."

— Michael Morpurgo

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70 Quotes by Michael Morpurgo

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I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The…
We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether…
There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.
Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.
Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I…
Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.
I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not…
Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than…
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you…
I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because…

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I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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