There's a mouse in here with me. He's sitting there in the light of the lamp, looking up at me. He seems as surprised to see me as I am to see him. There he goes. I can hear him still, scurrying about somewhere under the hayrick. I think he's gone now. I hope he comes back. I miss him already.
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 MorpurgoWhat's really good is that there are people making stories and writing them and the vast majority never see the light of day and it doesn't matter a fig.
Michael MorpurgoHe never reckoned much to schooling and that. He said you could learn most what was worth knowing from keeping your eyes and ears peeled. Best way of learning, he always said, was doing.
Michael Morpurgo