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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.

Michael Morpurgo

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Michael Morpurgo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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St. Albans
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo
Michael Andrew Bridge
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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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Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.
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Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight.
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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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Stories make you think and dream books make you want to ask questions.
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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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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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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.
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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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I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.
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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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It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering.
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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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Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.
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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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Anything that gets children reading is fine.
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I write fiction. I make things up, it's what I do.
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As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.
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cause when there's life there's still hope
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I don't want to be separate from something that's important to me.
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