Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
ROALD DAHLGive us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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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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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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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.
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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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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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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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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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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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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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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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If you are good life is good.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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