“I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLongWarSometimesSeemsYoungNationsMemoriesForgetHappenedHavensPoliticianLong TimeConsequenceCarefulContact Author:Michael Morpurgo
“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 I'm telling it to one person only, my best friend.” IfsWritingTryingPersonsFriendshipForgetPagesMy Best Friend Author:Michael Morpurgo
“By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.” IfsFacesFriendshipTalkingPagesDown AndBlankGrandchildrenMy Best FriendMy GrandchildrenBlank Pages Author:Michael Morpurgo
“I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.” IfsThinkingBookStudyCareful Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other” PeopleIfsProblem Book:War Horse Source: War Horse
“If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on.” IfsThis LifeI've Learned Author:Michael Morpurgo
“If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.” IfsMiddleSummerNightmare Book:War Horse Source: War Horse
