The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
ROALD DAHLI’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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