Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
ROALD DAHLThe reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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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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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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