Obscurity is never a virtue.
ROALD DAHLI don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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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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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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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 reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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