“What I've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.” ProblemWinningMajorsSolve Author:Jim Courier
“In America, we love to give people second chances too - as long as you admit you were wrong and come back and do it the right way.” PeopleWayGivingLongAmericaChanceRight WaySecond Chance Author:Jim Courier
“People handle stress in different ways.” PeopleWayDifferentStressHandleDifferent Ways Author:Jim Courier
“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
“I don't want to be separate from something that's important to me.” WantImportant 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
“We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.” WorldHomeBodyWideComing HomeCoveredFlagsCoffins 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