I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
ROALD DAHLWriting is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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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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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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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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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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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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