Theatre can transform a child's life, just as an early cultural experience whether with opera, ballet, music or art is a wonderful thing because it opens the door to a life-long experience, a life-long enjoyment.
Michael MorpurgoWe have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.
Michael MorpurgoThere'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?
Michael MorpurgoI think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.
Michael Morpurgo