“Genuinely good people are like that. The sun shines out of them. They warm you right through.” PeopleSunShiningWarmGood PeopleSun Shines Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Like most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who take your story, whether it be to the stage or to the screen.” PeopleStoriesRoomsStageConnectionsScreensScribbles Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Unless you can be in a place yourself and go through the subject of your story yourself, the next best thing is not to read a book about it, or see a movie about it, it's to talk to the people who've been there.” PeopleBookStoriesNextSubjectsBest Things Author:Michael Morpurgo
“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
“Any story that gets us thinking, and particularly young people, thinking why? Whether it's as a result of reading the book, or coming out of the theatre or the cinema, I think we should just simply be asking the question 'why'? Why did it happen to those people? Was it necessary? And anything that gets us thinking like that is really important.” PeopleThinkingShouldImportantBookStoriesHappensYoungReadingResultsAskingTheatreCinemaComing Out Author:Michael Morpurgo
“I don't know, but I do think that everyone has a story to tell. The question is, can they find the voice and the confidence to tell it? We lack the encouragement as young people to believe this; we very often think that writing is for clever people, which it isn't.” PeopleThinkingWritingBelieveEncouragementClever Author:Michael Morpurgo
“What's really good is that there are people making stories and writing them and the vast majority never see the light of day and it doesn't matter a fig.” PeopleWriting Author:Michael Morpurgo
“I spend months, sometimes years, doing what I call dreamtime, weaving it together inside my head. But when I actually feel that the egg of my story is ready to hatch, then I can write it in three months. Then I know the landscape and the people well and from the inside, but I don't necessarily know where the story is going to take us.” PeopleWritingSometimesTogether Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other” PeopleIfsProblem Book:War Horse Source: War Horse
“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 people a sense of self-worth.” PeopleGivingWritingBelieveArtImportantSelfYoungVoiceDramaArt IsSelf WorthEncouragingSense Of Self Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers” PeopleInterestingGreat WritersInteresting Life Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight.” PeopleWantImportantWarHappensFighting Author:Michael Morpurgo
“A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.” PeopleChildrenMovingParentWorryTeacherMarkDetention Author:Michael Morpurgo
