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Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.
Michael Morpurgo
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Michael Morpurgo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo
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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.
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Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other
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We're much alike, bee, you and me, I said. You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike.
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Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.
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Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.
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Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
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There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?
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Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.
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We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.
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I write fiction. I make things up, it's what I do.
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We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art, on the hockey field or on the football field. It's something that makes you feel - 'I can do this stuff'.
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Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.
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My Albert married his Maisie Brown as he said he would. But I think she never took to me, nor I to her for that matter. Perhaps it was a feeling of mutual jealousy.
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Anything that gets children reading is fine.
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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.
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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.
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There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.
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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.
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I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.
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cause when there's life there's still hope
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