With all editing, no matter how sensitive – and I’ve been very lucky here – I react sulkily at first, but then I settle down and get on with it, and a year later I have my book in my hand. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
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. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
I fill up the well of stories in my head – without ever knowing I’m doing it. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
Don’t worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
I was an overly young father, is the most polite way of putting it. I think I was rather immature and all I can say is that I think I’ve made a much better grandfather… I don’t think I was ready to be a father to be honest. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
You get to about 65 or 70 and you lose friends and the world does seem to be an endlessly difficult place and tragic place, so it’s more and more difficult for me to find the bright lights. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
With reading, I was very lucky. I had a mother who read to me, not because she had time – she was a busy woman – but she found 10 minutes to come and sit on my bed with a book. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
I think there’s something about studying a book which will kill it if you’re not careful. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
Some writers – most, I suspect – write in isolation. I think I’d always found that quite difficult. Michael Morpurgo Read Quote
