Author: Morris Gleitzman

Quotes

Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

- Morris Gleitzman

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.

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

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive.

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive.

- Morris Gleitzman

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.

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

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