Michael Morpurgo
The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs...Until one has loved an animal...A man without ethics is a wild beast...I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul...100 years ago, movies were black-and-white...It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver...