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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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Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
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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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That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.
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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.
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I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.
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I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.
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I don't want to be separate from something that's important to me.
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I write fiction. I make things up, it's what I do.
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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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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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Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.
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