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 beginbookchild share on social
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable. Michael Morpurgo admitcleansefailure Change image and share on social
Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that. Michael Morpurgo bookcharactercomprehend Change image and share on social
I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more. Michael Morpurgo storytellerwriter Change image and share on social
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 bedbookbusy Change image and share on social
To write something you have to feel it and know it, and that's not comfortable. Michael Morpurgo comfortablefeelwrite Change image and share on social
I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful. Michael Morpurgo bookcarefulkill Change image and share on social
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. Michael Morpurgo booklotnewspaper Change image and share on social
As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short. Michael Morpurgo attentionchildremember Change image and share on social
I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian Andersen is a hero of mine. Michael Morpurgo aesopandersenbring Change image and share on social
