Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.
Michael MorpurgoLike most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who take your story, whether it be to the stage or to the screen.
Michael MorpurgoOften it's the latest novel that I've written that is my favourite. I'd been dreaming it for so long, living and breathing its story so that when it finally arrives as a newly published book, smelling wonderful and fresh out of the box, there is nothing like it.
Michael Morpurgo