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Michael Morpurgo

By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I’m talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

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

Michael Morpurgo

I fill up the well of stories in my head – without ever knowing I’m doing it.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

I’m still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted – did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for training to be a writer, but not a great way to achieve in the classroom. The truth is that I was happy to bumble along and do enough to avoid detention, but not much more.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

It is the child’s understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They’re still doing it today with modern technology.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to underestimate them or patronise them.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

When I sit down I write very fast… if I haven’t finished a book in two or three months then I think it’s not going well.

– Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn’t inhibit the creative flow. When I was at school there was a huge focus on copying and testing and it put me off words and stories for years.

– Michael Morpurgo

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