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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.

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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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