Author Quote by Morris Gleitzman Download Open image “I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off.” — Morris Gleitzman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Author Books Got I think Part Recluse Success Successful Think You
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I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I like the idea of young readers using my stories as a sort of moral gym, where they can flex and develop their newly… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
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When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“Potato slices, crispy and fragrant. And toast glistening with what looks like actual creamy butter. And three fried eggs. That’s more eggs than I’ve… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“De repente quiero que me clave una de las jeringuillas, para poder caer en un sueño profundo y no despertarme nunca, para no volver… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“Dear Reader Once and its sequel Then are two parts of the same story, but they were written and published as two separate books.… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
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