When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
ROALD DAHLWhen you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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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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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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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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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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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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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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