“You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Beca...” — Michael Morpurgo Quote

“You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.”

“Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.”

“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.”

“You can train all you want but when the pressure's on it's a tough situation and anyone who has the nerve to step up and take one has my utmost respect.”

“Lots of small business men have been contacting me to say they wish they had the nerve to say what I said.”

“I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.”