I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
ROALD DAHLThe prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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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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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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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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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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If you are good life is good.
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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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I’m wondering what to read next.
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