Morris Gleitzman Quotes

I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.

I'm a strong person. I'm also very sassy and a little bit angsty sometimes.

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

All children know when something is wrong and they can't understand something - they never need someone to tell them they're stupid. They need help in solving the problem.

In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.

Knowing what you want is not a shortcoming. Let people deal with their own anxieties.

Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith; I have to find out for myself.

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life.

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame resilience than you do.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.