Michael Morpurgo Quotes
But try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one.
I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.
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.
You know something, you never know what lonely is until you are really alone, alone all day, alone all night, with no one to talk to.
Magic obeys only the heart of the one who uses it. Your magic would always be a kind magic, because you are kind, I can tell. Please stay and help us.
But look after yourself - there will be great dangers on the way. Remember, the right road is never the easy road.
It is so beautiful but home is home, and home is best.
When you're young you can't work out the age of an adult - they're just quite old, old, or very old.
You have to understand the sea, he said, to listen to her, to look out for her moods, to get to know her and respect her and love her. Only then can you build boats that feel at home on the sea.
Marry someone who flatters you. Because I've written 80 books since 'War Horse' but when my wife reads one, all she says is, 'It's quite good, but it's not as good as 'War Horse, ' is it?'