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Morris Gleitzman Quotes

Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters struggling with big problems. I’m always reminded, no matter how different from me one of my characters is from me on the surface, how we’re all pretty much the same underneath Picture Quote #1

Kid’s culture is often dismissed as superficial, like high fibre McDonald’s, but it’s so much more important than that Picture Quote #1

I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age was that he had lived most of his life in England, his Jewish wife had died, and he married a non-Jewish woman who was my grandmother Picture Quote #1

Kids who are nine, 10 and 11 are pretty sophisticated readers; they know that there isn’t always a good outcome every time and that problems don’t always have solutions Picture Quote #1

Step-parenting and being a step-sibling presents a lot of exciting opportunities. When families break up and re-form, there may be less order, less certainty, and a bit more trauma involved, but kids can end up having half-a-dozen parent figures Picture Quote #1

My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh Picture Quote #1

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See? Memories aren’t happy, they’re sad. Don’t you know anything? Picture Quote #1

I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life Picture Quote #1

In all of my books, I’m taking them on an emotionally challenging and sometimes physically dangerous process with a bit of fun and anarchy along the way. With the power comes responsibility Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my younger readers are slowly becoming aware of as they move into their teens Picture Quote #1

In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year Picture Quote #1

I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and they act on the basis of that - often in the face of the prevailing limits of behaviour Picture Quote #1

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I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we tend to talk in short grabs rather than in long flowing sentences. I think that’s not a bad way to write Picture Quote #1

At around nine or 10 years of age, young people start to decide for themselves what’s moral or not, and that’s why I like writing for that age group so much Picture Quote #1

I think probably you can either write for kids, or you can’t. That ability to imaginatively be a child and see the world as a child and feel and think like a child - you either have that ability or you don’t Picture Quote #1

Don’t sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself Picture Quote #1

A little hope goes a long way Picture Quote #1

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film Picture Quote #1

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Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters struggling with big problems. I’m always reminded, no matter how different from me one of my characters is from me on the surface, how we’re all pretty much the same underneath. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) Kid’s culture is often dismissed as superficial, like high fibre McDonald’s, but it’s so much more important than that. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age was that he had lived most of his life in England, his Jewish wife had died, and he married a non-Jewish woman who was my grandmother. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) Kids who are nine, 10 and 11 are pretty sophisticated readers; they know that there isn’t always a good outcome every time and that problems don’t always have solutions. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) Step-parenting and being a step-sibling presents a lot of exciting opportunities. When families break up and re-form, there may be less order, less certainty, and a bit more trauma involved, but kids can end up having half-a-dozen parent figures. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) See? Memories aren’t happy, they’re sad. Don’t you know anything? (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) In all of my books, I’m taking them on an emotionally challenging and sometimes physically dangerous process with a bit of fun and anarchy along the way. With the power comes responsibility. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I’ve always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my younger readers are slowly becoming aware of as they move into their teens. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and they act on the basis of that - often in the face of the prevailing limits of behaviour. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we tend to talk in short grabs rather than in long flowing sentences. I think that’s not a bad way to write. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) At around nine or 10 years of age, young people start to decide for themselves what’s moral or not, and that’s why I like writing for that age group so much. (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I think probably you can either write for kids, or you can’t. That ability to imaginatively be a child and see the world as a child and feel and think like a child - you either have that ability or you don’t (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) Don’t sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) A little hope goes a long way (Morris Gleitzman Quotes) I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film (Morris Gleitzman Quotes)