"By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Michael Morpurgo

#Friendship Quotes #Grandchildren Quotes #Talking Quotes

“When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.”
“I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious of - is fear. You can smell it.”
“People in the East Conference are starting to see how good the twins are. They make my job easy. I just go to the net and look for holes and they keep finding me.”
“We're all in prison. All of us are in prison, but some of us have a key.”
“Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.”

Source : Song: Love Is The Way, Album: Heroes, 1986
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.. think of it, always.”

Source : "Fictional character: Mahatma Gandhi". "Gandhi", 1982.
“I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.”
“True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.”

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