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 More Quotes by Morris Gleitzman More Quotes From Morris Gleitzman Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once Morris Gleitzman deserve 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 yardswaitingadvice A little hope goes a long way. Morris Gleitzman littleslongway I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film. Morris Gleitzman feelingscharacterbook We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united Morris Gleitzman manchesterunitedmay Melbourne is my type of city, much more so than Sydney. Morris Gleitzman citymoremelbournesydney 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 endmorebeingparent 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 facefeelinglimitspeople 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 feelchildyouworld I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Morris Gleitzman neverdark-sidedarklife If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface. Morris Gleitzman happenonlystorycare I wrote stories as a kid just for myself. One day, some of the kids in my class found some of my stories in my bag, and I was deeply embarrassed until I realised they enjoyed reading them. Morris Gleitzman bagdaymyselfreading I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I could have the character trying to do something about it or have the problem whack him between the eyes. Morris Gleitzman eyesstoryproblemcharacter 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 bestdayfriendslong 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 problemsmealwaysmatter Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way. Morris Gleitzman moraluniversealiveway Most of your life after puberty, you're either seeking to reproduce or living with the consequences of having done so. At 70, you start going back to being 11 again. Morris Gleitzman backstartyoulife Because kids are physically smaller, there's an assumption by people who haven't read a kids' book for a long time that their ideas and themes and problems and ambitions must be commensurately smaller and less important. I would venture that sometimes the opposite is true. Morris Gleitzman problemstimelongpeople The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are bigger than they're actually capable of solving. Morris Gleitzman problemscapableyoungpeople Halfway through primary school, I realised that I was not as physically strong or fearless as many kids. So, in situations of conflict, I quickly learned that it worked better for me to get out of situations or maybe kind of, you know, prevail in a conflict situation by using humour than by trying to punch somebody out. Morris Gleitzman bettermeyouschool
