“It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war....” — Michael Morpurgo Quote

“It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering.”

“I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.”

“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.”

“I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.”

“I'm not in the business of suffering.”

“Happiness is the cessation of suffering.”