Morris Gleitzman Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 9, 1953

Topics

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I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.

Jodie Foster

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In 'Falling Skies,' I was playing a soldier and a fighter, and then, when I was taken captive, you're still in this post-apocalyptic world.

Jessy Schram

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Since I became part of the zeitgeist, I've been called a sellout many times.

Joe Wurzelbacher

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I just feel lucky.

Jennifer Aniston

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When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.

Andrea Riseborough

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Mental illness, unfortunately, is an invisible disease: it's not seen or heard. For whatever reason, because of that, society has decided that if we can't see it, maybe it doesn't exist, so they want to just sweep it under the carpet or say, 'Snap out of it,' or that you're looking for attention.

Mauro Ranallo

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I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.

Sonya Hartnett

HopeChildrenPeopleMeStoryWrite

What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.

Tom Robbins

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I've had hundreds and hundreds of concussions, but I don't think that I have any permanent damage. A lot of my peers do.

Rob Van Dam

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Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.

Robert Carlyle

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When it comes to culture, I'm sort of like Nostradamus if he'd been a handsome, witty minor celebrity with a great head of hair instead of a crusty old dude from the olden days.

Milo Yiannopoulos

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I'd love to collaborate with a writer, but I'm such a control freak, it might be difficult.

Mini Grey

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