Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
ROALD DAHLIt doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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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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