“Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.” ThinkingBookStoriesMightNewspapersProse 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
“Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.” WritingWarStoriesFilmPoliticalBoundsYou Like It 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
“Elephants are my favourite creatures and have been since I was a boy and my mother read Kipling's The Elephant's Child to me. It was loving elephants so much that made we want to write my own story with an elephant at the centre and its bond with a child.” WantWritingChildrenHas BeensMadeStoriesMotherMy OwnBoysCreaturesFavouriteCentreElephantsKipling Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart.” HeartStoriesDifficultDarkReaderRedemptionThemeTake MeOptimistHappy Endings Author:Michael Morpurgo
“I don't consciously try to take my readers on a journey as I don't really think about my readers when I'm writing. I just try to write what I feel passionately about, to tell a story down onto the page.” ThinkingFeelsWritingTryingStoriesJourneyReaderPages Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Often it's the latest novel that I've written that is my favourite. I'd been dreaming it for so long, living and breathing its story so that when it finally arrives as a newly published book, smelling wonderful and fresh out of the box, there is nothing like it.” LongBookStoriesDreamNovelWonderfulWrittenBoxesBreathingFavourite Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.” KnowsHeartEndsStoriesLightDifficultDarkMorningSunReaderRedemptionThemeTake MeOptimistHappy EndingsTunnels Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.” NeedsChildrenBookStoriesOrderPassionReadingParentTeacherOur ChildrenPassingPassingsSchemesGrandparentTestingPassing On Author:Michael Morpurgo
“A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.” RealStoriesMemoriesMy OwnEventsExcitingHistoricalNotionFusionConfluence Author:Michael Morpurgo
“I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.” WellsStoriesKnowing Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.” ThinkingWantBookStoriesDreamAsksMake You Think Author:Michael Morpurgo
“For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always find hard.But I love finishing it,then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.” WritingBookHardStoriesDreamHandsGreaterReaderFinishingDaydreamingFinishing It Book:Private Peaceful Source: Private Peaceful
“I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down, I've always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant.” WritingChildrenTwoBookStoriesWantedReaderElephantsJungleDeep DownKiplingWild ChildJungle Book Author:Michael Morpurgo
