Elephants are my favourite creatures and have been since I was a boy and my mother read Kipling's The Elephant's Child to me. It was loving elephants so much that made we want to write my own story with an elephant at the centre and its bond with a child.
Michael MorpurgoYou know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.
Michael MorpurgoWe have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.
Michael MorpurgoChildren have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.
Michael Morpurgo