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.
ROALD DAHLWriting is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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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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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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