- Nov 07, 2020
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- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an overly young father, is the most polite way of putting it. I think I was rather immature and all I can say is that I think I've made a much better grandfather... I don't think I was ready to be a father to be honest.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big relationships you make in your life are with those that you love and if things do go wrong then it's a source of great pain and that lasts.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get to about 65 or 70 and you lose friends and the world does seem to be an endlessly difficult place and tragic place, so it's more and more difficult for me to find the bright lights.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken today.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's 'The Elephant's Child' and 'The Jungle Book.' Deep down, I've always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
With reading, I was very lucky. I had a mother who read to me, not because she had time - she was a busy woman - but she found 10 minutes to come and sit on my bed with a book.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything that gets children reading is fine.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marry someone who flatters you. Because I've written 80 books since 'War Horse' but when my wife reads one, all she says is, 'It's quite good, but it's not as good as 'War Horse,' is it?'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020