Morris Gleitzman Quotes

Morris Gleitzman — English Author born on January 09, 1953,

Morris Gleitzman is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen... (wikipedia)

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.

I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off.

My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.

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.

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 Quotes

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