"There is the myth that writing books for……" — Michael Morpurgo
"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 are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not."
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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…
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We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether…
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There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.
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Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
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But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.
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Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I…
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Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.
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I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not…
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Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than…
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A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you…
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I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.
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Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because…
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'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're…
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'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'
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Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try…
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she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards…
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The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws…
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Then he kissed her so deeply and so completely that she felt like she was falling, floating, spiraling down, down,…
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It's a gamble. A band like Kiss, a lot of those are our audience but we don't do as much…
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I have read various articles on the fourth dimension, the relativity theory of Einstein, and other psychological speculation on the…
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'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked around the table, but there was nothing…
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