I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Morris Gleitzman More Quotes by Morris Gleitzman More Quotes From Morris Gleitzman 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 great australia reading change 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 event against big always I like the idea of young readers using my stories as a sort of moral gym, where they can flex and develop their newly developed moral muscle. Morris Gleitzman muscle like gym moral 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 start group age people Kids aren't political, but around 10 years old, they are beginning to develop the moral grounding that might later, in their teens, develop into their first real political perspectives. Morris Gleitzman beginning moral political real I prefer watching people on a screen, and I've had the most pleasurable people-watching experiences at the Palace Cinema in Balwyn. Morris Gleitzman palace watching cinema people When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life. Morris Gleitzman live my-life mountain life Because of my poor writing posture, I started walking in the forest every day, and I found it a potent place to be creatively. It changed me in that it was a new way of doing my creative process, and I realised how much I liked being among tall trees. Morris Gleitzman forest day me walking It's our potential for good stuff I'm most interested in exploring, but that has most meaning when juxtaposed with things that can go wrong. Morris Gleitzman meaning things good go
